More fatalities there than in New Orleans. Not as prepared. From the New York Post:
At least 25 people killed overnight in NYC, NJ during historic flooding
At least 25 people were killed across New York and New Jersey — including a 2-year-old boy and his parents who drowned in a basement apartment in Queens — as the tail-end of Hurricane Ida ravaged the northeast.
The storm knocked out power and flooded streets, homes and subways — prompting the first-ever flash flood emergency for the Big Apple and leaving a trail of devastation across the northeast.
Eleven people died in the city after becoming trapped in flooded basement apartments and one person was found dead in the back of their car on the Grand Central Parkway in Queens.
Lousiana is still showing over 900K people without power - a lot of the primary distribtion lines were damaged. Pennsylvania has 55K out and New York state has 19K, New Jersey is at 39K.
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