Ida aftermath: At least 15 dead in New York City area
ByNatalie Dreier, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
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Ida remnants kills multiple people in New York, New Jersey (NCD)
ByNatalie Dreier, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
At least 15 people were killed in New York City and the surrounding areas when floodwaters from what was left from Hurricane Ida slammed into the city.
In Jamaica, Queens, a wall gave way in a home, sending water rushing in, killing two, a 43-year-old woman and a 22-year-old man, around 11 p.m. Wednesday. Officials believe they are mother and son, WPIX reported. The man was pronounced dead at the home. The woman was taken to a hospital where she was declared dead.
In that instance, the street that runs past the home floods frequently and construction had started to repair the issues.
“The purpose of the construction was to make sure this doesn’t happen,” a neighbor who was not identified told WABC. “They took the whole block apart, but obviously city planning didn’t make it work.”
While the worst of the storm has passed New York City, first responders continued rescue operations throughout the night.
Officers throughout the city have been responding to 911 calls of people affected by the storm.@NYPDSpecialops Emergency Service Unit personnel just rescued a disabled man & his dog who were trapped in a basement with 3 feet of water. They were both rescued & are on dry ground. pic.twitter.com/oamGAaM76d
Passaic mayor Hector Lora told CNN that a 70-year-old man had been killed.
Three people were in a car that went beyond a flood barricade. The vehicle got stranded, trapping them. Two were able to be rescued but the man was not, WPIX reported.
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Remnants Of Hurricane Ida Move Through Northeast Causing Widespread Flooding Pedestrians take cover near Columbus Circle in New York Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021, as the remnants of Hurricane Ida remained powerful while moving along the Eastern seaboard. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle) (Craig Ruttle/AP)
Remnants Of Hurricane Ida Move Through Northeast Causing Widespread Flooding NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 01: A person makes their way in rainfall from the remnants of Hurricane Ida on September 1, 2021, in the Bronx borough of New York City. The once category 4 hurricane passed through New York City, dumping 3.15 inches of rain in the span of an hour at Central Park. (Photo by David Dee Delgado/Getty Images) (David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)
Remnants Of Hurricane Ida Move Through Northeast Causing Widespread Flooding NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 01: Rainfall from Hurricane Ida flood the basement of a Kennedy Fried Chicken fast food restaurant on September 1, 2021, in the Bronx borough of New York City. The once category 4 hurricane passed through New York City, dumping 3.15 inches of rain in the span of an hour at Central Park. (Photo by David Dee Delgado/Getty Images) (David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)
Remnants Of Hurricane Ida Move Through Northeast Causing Widespread Flooding Pedestrians take cover near Columbus Circle in New York Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021, as the remnants of Hurricane Ida remained powerful while moving along the Eastern seaboard. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle) (Craig Ruttle/AP)
Remnants Of Hurricane Ida Move Through Northeast Causing Widespread Flooding NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 01: A person makes their way in rainfall from the remnants of Hurricane Ida on September 1, 2021, in the Bronx borough of New York City. The once category 4 hurricane passed through New York City, dumping 3.15 inches of rain in the span of an hour at Central Park. (Photo by David Dee Delgado/Getty Images) (David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)
Remnants Of Hurricane Ida Move Through Northeast Causing Widespread Flooding NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 01: Rainfall from the remnants of Hurricane Ida floods Intervale Avenue on September 1, 2021, in the Bronx borough of New York City. The once category 4 hurricane passed through New York City, dumping 3.15 inches of rain in the span of an hour at Central Park. (Photo by David Dee Delgado/Getty Images) (David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)
Remnants Of Hurricane Ida Move Through Northeast Causing Widespread Flooding NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 01: A person makes their way in rainfall from the remnants of Hurricane Ida on September 1, 2021, in the Bronx borough of New York City. The once category 4 hurricane passed through New York City, dumping 3.15 inches of rain in the span of an hour at Central Park. (Photo by David Dee Delgado/Getty Images) (David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)
Remnants Of Hurricane Ida Move Through Northeast Causing Widespread Flooding Pedestrians take cover near Columbus Circle in New York Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021, as the remnants of Hurricane Ida remained powerful while moving along the Eastern seaboard. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle) (Craig Ruttle/AP)
Remnants Of Hurricane Ida Move Through Northeast Causing Widespread Flooding NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 01: A person makes their way in rainfall from the remnants of Hurricane Ida on September 1, 2021, in the Bronx borough of New York City. The once category 4 hurricane passed through New York City, dumping 3.15 inches of rain in the span of an hour at Central Park. (Photo by David Dee Delgado/Getty Images) (David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)
Remnants Of Hurricane Ida Move Through Northeast Causing Widespread Flooding NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 01: People make their way in rainfall from the remnants of Hurricane Ida on September 1, 2021, in the Bronx borough of New York City. The once category 4 hurricane passed through New York City, dumping 3.15 inches of rain in the span of an hour at Central Park. (Photo by David Dee Delgado/Getty Images) (David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)
Remnants Of Hurricane Ida Move Through Northeast Causing Widespread Flooding NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 01: A delivery worker makes their way in the rainfall from Hurricane Ida during a flood on Intervale Avenue on September 1, 2021, in the Bronx borough of New York City. The once category 4 hurricane passed through New York City, dumping 3.15 inches of rain in the span of an hour at Central Park. (Photo by David Dee Delgado/Getty Images) (David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)
Remnants Of Hurricane Ida Move Through Northeast Causing Widespread Flooding Pedestrians take cover near Columbus Circle in New York Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021, as the remnants of Hurricane Ida remained powerful while moving along the Eastern seaboard. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle) (Craig Ruttle/AP)
Remnants Of Hurricane Ida Move Through Northeast Causing Widespread Flooding NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 01: A person makes their way in rainfall from the remnants of Hurricane Ida on September 1, 2021, in the Bronx borough of New York City. The once category 4 hurricane passed through New York City, dumping 3.15 inches of rain in the span of an hour at Central Park. (Photo by David Dee Delgado/Getty Images) (David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)
Remnants Of Hurricane Ida Move Through Northeast Causing Widespread Flooding Streets are void of most traffic after a state of emergency was declared in New York Thursday, Sept 2, 2021, as the remnants of Hurricane Ida remained powerful as it moved along the Eastern seaboard. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle) (Craig Ruttle/AP)
Remnants Of Hurricane Ida Move Through Northeast Causing Widespread Flooding NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 01: A delivery worker makes their way in the rainfall from Hurricane Ida during a flood on Intervale Avenue on September 1, 2021, in the Bronx borough of New York City. The once category 4 hurricane passed through New York City, dumping 3.15 inches of rain in the span of an hour at Central Park. (Photo by David Dee Delgado/Getty Images) (David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)
Remnants Of Hurricane Ida Move Through Northeast Causing Widespread Flooding NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 01: Rainfall from the remnants of Hurricane Ida floodsIntervale Avenue on September 1, 2021, in the Bronx borough of New York City. The once category 4 hurricane passed through New York City, dumping 3.15 inches of rain in the span of an hour at Central Park. (Photo by David Dee Delgado/Getty Images) (David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)
Remnants Of Hurricane Ida Move Through Northeast Causing Widespread Flooding The lights of Times Square in New York are reflected in standing water Thursday, Sept 2, 2021, as Hurricane Ida left behind not just water on city streets but wind damage and severe flooding along the Eastern seaboard. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle) (Craig Ruttle/AP)
Remnants Of Hurricane Ida Move Through Northeast Causing Widespread Flooding A subway station that had earlier flooded remains closed after a state of emergency was declared in New York Thursday, Sept 2, 2021, as the remnants of Hurricane Ida remained powerful as it moved along the Eastern seaboard. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle) (Craig Ruttle/AP)
Remnants Of Hurricane Ida Move Through Northeast Causing Widespread Flooding NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 01: Rainfall from Hurricane Ida flood the basement of a Kennedy Fried Chicken fast food restaurant on September 1, 2021, in the Bronx borough of New York City. The once category 4 hurricane passed through New York City, dumping 3.15 inches of rain in the span of an hour at Central Park. (Photo by David Dee Delgado/Getty Images) (David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)
Remnants Of Hurricane Ida Move Through Northeast Causing Widespread Flooding A subway station that had earlier flooded remains closed after a state of emergency was declared in New York Thursday, Sept 2, 2021, as the remnants of Hurricane Ida remained powerful as it moved along the Eastern seaboard. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle) (Craig Ruttle/AP)
Remnants Of Hurricane Ida Move Through Northeast Causing Widespread Flooding Pedestrians take cover near Columbus Circle in New York Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021, as the remnants of Hurricane Ida remained powerful while moving along the Eastern seaboard. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle) (Craig Ruttle/AP)
Remnants Of Hurricane Ida Move Through Northeast Causing Widespread Flooding NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 01: A person makes their way in rainfall from the remnants of Hurricane Ida on September 1, 2021, in the Bronx borough of New York City. The once category 4 hurricane passed through New York City, dumping 3.15 inches of rain in the span of an hour at Central Park. (Photo by David Dee Delgado/Getty Images) (David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)
Ida remnants New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, center, and DEP Commissioner Vincent Sapienza, right, speak to a resident the Jamaica neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York after a news conference near a home where people died after their basement apartment flooded, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021, in New York. The remnants of Hurricane Ida dumped historic rain over New York City as freeways and boulevards turned into rivers, submerging cars. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) (Mary Altaffer/AP)
Ida remnants This photo provided by the New York City Police Department shows Special Operations personnel rescuing a man from his flooded basement apartment, in New York , Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021. The remnants of Hurricane Ida inundated large swaths of the northeastern U.S. with historic and unanticipated fury Wednesday night, killing several people in flooding in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. (New York City Police Department. via AP) (AP)
Ida remnants Damage to the side of a building from the remnants of Hurricane Ida is shown on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021 in the Queens borough of New York. Three people were killed when several feet of water collapsed the wall to their basement apartment and flooded the apartment. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) (Mark Lennihan/AP)
Ida remnants Felix Delapuente, a neighbor fo the home in the Queens borough of New York where three people died including a 2-year old child, shows the flood damage in his basement, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021, in New York. The remnants of Hurricane Ida dumped historic rain over New York City, with several deaths linked to flooding in the region as basement apartments suddenly filled with water and freeways and boulevards turned into rivers, submerging cars.(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) (Mary Altaffer/AP)
Ida remnants This photo provided by the New York City Police Department shows flooding on New York York's Upper East Side, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021. The remnants of Hurricane Ida inundated large swaths of the northeastern U.S. with historic and unanticipated fury Wednesday night, killing several people in flooding in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. (New York City Police Department. via AP) (AP)
Ida remnants Ragendra Shivprasad, left, the landlord of a building where three people were killed when several feet of water collapsed the wall to a basement apartment, stands with neighbors as they watch the scene, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021 in the Queens borough of New York. The remnants of Hurricane Ida dumped historic rain over New York City, as freeways and boulevards turned into rivers, submerging cars. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) (Mark Lennihan/AP)
Ida remnants This photo provided by the New York City Police Department shows flooding on New York York's Upper East Side, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021. The remnants of Hurricane Ida inundated large swaths of the northeastern U.S. with historic and unanticipated fury Wednesday night, killing several people in flooding in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. (New York City Police Department. via AP) (AP)
Ida remnants A police officer stands guard as a man survey the damage to home where people died after their basement apartment flooded in the Jamaica neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021, in New York. The remnants of Hurricane Ida dumped historic rain over New York City, with several deaths linked to flooding in the region as basement apartments suddenly filled with water and freeways and boulevards turned into rivers, submerging cars.(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) (Mary Altaffer/AP)
Ida remnants TAKES OUT REFERENCE TO NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO DIED - Felix Delapuente, a neighbor of the home in the Queens borough of New York where some of the occupants died including a 2-year old child, shows the flood damage in his basement, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021. The remnants of Hurricane Ida dumped historic rain over New York City. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) (Mary Altaffer/AP)
Ida remnants Deborah Torres , right, talks to police officers stand outside her home in the Queens borough of New York where three people died including a 2-year old child when their basement apartment flooded, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021, in New York. Torres lives in the first floor of the building The remnants of Hurricane Ida dumped historic rain over New York City, with several deaths linked to flooding in the region as basement apartments suddenly filled with water and freeways and boulevards turned into rivers, submerging cars.(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) (Mary Altaffer/AP)
