yeah. that s how you make your money, man. get your stuff. i m here. i ll hold you. just like that. that s in new york s central park. that water rescue one of many overnight in the city and across the region. the storm also shut down new york s subway systems and computer rail throughout the new york tri-state area. the flooding as you see here was of a kind last seen when superstorm sandy hit. the rainfall set records. at least eight tornadoes struck as the storm moved north and sadly every measure of destruction is likely to rise in the coming hours and days. cnn s miguel marquez begins our coverage tonight. he joins us from new brunswick, new jersey. miguel? reporter: just shocking how powerful this storm was. nypd says it affected 69 water rescues and over 160 other rescues there. i want to show you what s happening here in new jersey and new brunswick. this is a roadway next to the raritan river. it has started to recede, but you can see the cars, the station be
good evening. from virginia up into new england, at least 46 people have now lost their lives in what was once optimistically referred to as the remnants of hurricane ida. we begin tonight with new video just in of what it looked like as two members of the new york police department rescued a driver last night in central park. yeah. i mean, get your stuff. i m here. i ll hold you. yeah. just like that. that s in new york central park. that water rescue one of many overdmiet in the city and across the region. the storm also shut down new york subway system and commuter rail throughout the new york tri-state area. the flooding here was of a kind last seen when superstorm sandy hit. at least eight tornados struck as the storm moved north and sadly every measure of destruction is likely to rise in the coming hours and days. cnn s miguel marquez begins our coverage tonight. he joins us from new brunswick, new jersey. miguel. yeah. just shocking how powerful this storm was. n
seen before in the region. record-breaking, major expressways completely flooded in new york city. passenger rail service shut down across the northeast. torrential rain flooded people out of their homes. there is only sadness and it is just overwhelming. so where we are is that we have to start from scratch as we are mourning. we have to see how we can move on. the nypd says more than 800 passengers were rescued. look at that, from the new york city subway system. the department says that it made hundreds of other rescues including a livery driver on a flooded road in central park. officers also say a disabled man trapped inside his home when he asked about his dog, police went back and rescued the dog as well. one of the most extraordinary images this minor league stadium turned in to a lake this boundbrook new jersey. polo sandoval is actually caught in floodwaters on the way there and he will join us soon. fema has approved a temporary housing program for victims of h
story. i m wolf blitzer. you re in is the situation roo this is cnn breaking news. let s get right to the flooding disaster. see, that s miguel marquez joining us right now. half of the confirmed deaths are in new jersey where you are tonight. what s the latest? reporter: yeah. it is just incredible how much water was dumped in this area and that power of water. i want to show you what we re looking at right now. this is the river near new brunswick. this was a part right in front of us. it is about 10 to 12 feet over flood stage. it has started to come down ever so slightly. we re just passed high tide here. but these rescue workers here have a long way to go. raging flood waters throwing across parts of the northeast tonight where active rescues continue. officials estimate they have received calls in the thousands from people needing to be rescued from extreme flooding. the water was raised so high, i couldn t rush straight to the street. i wanted to go to the fir
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