The remnants of Hurricane Ida flooded many New York City streets Wednesday night, and left at least eight people dead in New York City and at least five more in the region including New Jersey – a toll that likely will increase today as official tallies continue through a dry and sunny morning after.Record levels of rainfall soaked the Northeast Wednesday night, with more than 7 inches of rain falling in Central Park between 4 a.m.
Wednesday and 4 a.m. Thursday, according to the National Weather Service. Subway platforms and commuter rail lines flooded and closed, Amtrak canceled Thursday morning service in the region, flights were grounded in New York and New Jersey airports and flash flood emergencies were declared.Some subway lines in
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