Due to heavy rain and dangerous flooding caused by the remnants of Hurricane Ida, New York City is in a weather emergency that lasted from Wednesday night to Thursday morning.
Mayor of new york Bai Sihao Residents have been urged to stay indoors during storm warnings of high winds, heavy rain, floods and tornadoes. He issued a state of emergency shortly before midnight.
“I declare a state of emergency in New York City tonight,” De Blasio tweeted nearly half an hour before midnight. “Tonight we are experiencing a historic weather event, with record-breaking rainfall throughout the city, flooding, and dangerous roads.”
I declare a state of emergency in New York City tonight.
Tonight, we are experiencing a historic weather event, with record-breaking rainfall sweeping across the city, flooding, and dangerous roads.
-Major Bill De Blasio (@NYCMayor) September 2, 2021
The video has begun to show cars submerged in the flood, and there are reports of people trapped in the flood.
The mayor encouraged New Yorkers to stay away from the streets and avoid taking the subway.
Bai Sihao wrote in another tweet: “Please don’t go to the streets tonight, and let our first responders and emergency services personnel complete their work.” “If you want to go out, don’t. Don’t take the subway. Don’t walk on the road. Don’t drive. Get into these big waters… stay in it.”
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The mayor also said that according to reports, about 5,300 people were out of power by 11:30 in the evening, but if attacks on the city continue at the current rate, this number may continue to rise.
The city was also under tornado watch until 1 am local time. The tornado warning expired at 9.30pm. The city is still under the flash flood warning, which means that if the rains continue, floods may become extremely dangerous in a short period of time.
The storm developed in the Caribbean last week and turned into a first-degree storm when passing through Cuba. Even after entering the Gulf of Mexico, it was still a Category 1 storm until it became a Category 2 storm on Saturday night. Early on Sunday morning, it quickly developed into a Category 4 storm with wind speeds of 130 mph and clear eye walls. It made landfall at Port Fuljeong, Louisiana, at around noon on Sunday around noon in Central Time, with wind speeds of 150 miles per hour, and slowly meandering over southeastern Louisiana.
Ida traveled from Morgantown to Slidell, soaked the southeastern coast of Louisiana, and then headed east into Biloxi, Mississippi. By early Monday morning, more than 1 million electricity users in the area had power outages.
The storm caused the collapse of a bridge in Lucerdale, Mississippi, killing two people. Ada continues its path of anger in Mississippi. In Tennessee, Ada caused more dangerous floods, even though it had been downgraded to a tropical depression by then.
It spawned a tornado on Wednesday in Baltimore County, Maryland. On Wednesday night, in the South Philadelphia to New Jersey area, it produced another.
Now it is pouring heavy rain in New York City, accompanied by some relatively large winds and dangerous flooding.
The storm is expected to pass through the city and into the states of New England overnight. Areas in Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts were under tornado watch before 7 am, and there were flash flood warnings after that.
