During the final week of summer in 2021, Hurricane Ida emerged from the Gulf of Mexico, turned almost directly northeast and swept through the South en route to Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
During the final week of summer in 2021, Hurricane Ida emerged from the Gulf of Mexico, turned almost directly northeast and swept through the South en route to Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
Fueled by unusually heavy rains, falling on ground still saturated by two other recent large storms, Ida would eventually carve a path of destruction through the region. Some New Jersey cities and towns received as many as nine inches of rain within a 24-hour period, overwhelming drainage capabilities; the metro region’s subways, train stations and tracks flooded for days, paralyzing mass transit.
All told, Ida would wreak an estimated $75 billion in total damages and be responsible for 112 fatalities — including 32 in New Jersey and 16 in New York state.
Yet the hurricane could have been even worse in the Big Apple.
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