HOUSTON, Texas – Ida weakened Monday afternoon to a tropical depression after making landfall on the Louisiana coast on Sunday as one of the most powerful hurricanes in U.S. history, and continued to move north in the early morning hours of Tuesday, leaving heavy rain. So far the death of four people has been confirmed; … Read more
NEW YORK – President Joe Biden walked down an alley in East Elmhurst, Queens, just two days ago, vowing to get help for the residents who live there. But on Thursday, a brief period of rain left the same alley flooded again, putting neighbors and their properties at risk again. The alleys between 88th, 87th … Read more
What you should know New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday introduced a series of direct financial assistance measures for New Yorkers hardest hit by Storm Ida. Among those cash debit cards of up to $ 500 that are given to victims through the Red Cross and an executive order that protects people … Read more
NEW YORK – President Joe Biden will visit Manville in New Jersey and Queens County in New York City on Tuesday, September 7 to assess the damage left by the devastating passage of Ida in our region, the White House announced Saturday in a statement. Manville was hit hard by flooding from Ida overnight on … Read more
NEW YORK – The passage of Storm Ida left destruction in New York City and the belongings of thousands of residents became souvenirs that invade the platforms of those affected areas and are collected by workers from the city’s Sanitation Department. Each of these employees has worked day and night to clear the debris and … Read more
NEW YORK – President Joe Biden will visit Manville in New Jersey and Queens County in New York City on Tuesday, September 7 to assess the damage left by the devastating passage of Ida in our region, the White House announced Saturday in a statement. Manville was hit hard by flooding from Ida overnight on … Read more
NEW JERSEY – The New Jersey Department of the Environment issued a boil water advisory for the cities of Jersey City and Hoboken on Thursday due to the impact of Storm Ida. The notice was still in effect on Saturday and the mayors of both cities reminded residents that there are several places where they … Read more
NEW YORK – Natural and some man-made ingredients mixed together, causing the weakened but quite dangerous debris of Hurricane Ida to devastate the Northeast more than 1,000 miles from its landfall and days after it left New Orleans. in the dark. These kinds of distant, deadly hurricane floods have happened before, and meteorologists had warned … Read more
NEW YORK – A fierce fire hit multiple locations in Jersey City early Friday, just as the city is making efforts to counter the devastating effects of Storm Ida. The fire was reported after midnight Friday at 1 Colgate Street. Several firefighting units spent arduous hours trying to contain the incident. The extent of the … Read more
NEW YORK – Ida’s remains battered the tri-state area from Wednesday night through Thursday with more than a month of rain, triggering historic flash flood emergencies in parts of the region and killing al minus 14 people, eight of them in New York City. Central Park saw more than 1.6 times its average rainfall for … Read more