Of virtual concerts. Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. Severe Weather And Flash flooding in the Northeastern United States has now killed at least Forty Five people, with states of emergency in place in New York and newjersey. Its prompted President Biden to call for the united states to be better prepared for the Climate Crisis and to take action after the unprecedented rainfall brought by storm ida. Our Correspondent Nada Tawfik reports. Cascading waterfalls rushed through the platforms down to the tracks of the new York City subway. The sudden deluge from idas move up north shut down the network and didnt stop there. A State Of Emergency was called as The City became paralysed by record breaking rain and Flash Flooding. Turning wide boulevards quickly into waterways. Motorists and a few out working despite the obstacles, waded through the water to get home. Officials warned residents to remain indoors but in parts of New York, houses were no longer a pla
Hello to you. Severe Weather And Flash flooding in the Northeastern United States has now killed at least 45 people, with states of emergency in place in New York and newjersey. Its prompted President Biden to call for the united states to be better prepared for the Climate Crisis and to take action after the unprecedented rainfall brought by storm ida. Our Correspondent Nada Tawfik reports. Cascading waterfalls rushed through the platforms down to the tracks of the new York City subway. The sudden deluge from idas move up north shut down the network and didnt stop there. A State Of Emergency was called as the city became paralysed by record breaking rain and Flash Flooding. Turning wide boulevards quickly into waterways. Motorists and a few out working despite the obstacles, waded through the water to get home. Officials warned residents to remain indoors but in parts of New York, houses were no longer a place of safety. Today, some were urgently saved from the rising waters on their
Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. Hello to you. Severe Weather And Flash flooding in the North Eastern united states has now killed at least 45 people, with states of emergency in place in New York and newjersey. Its prompted President Biden to call for the united states to be better prepared for the Climate Crisis and to take action after the unprecedented rainfall brought by storm ida. Our Correspondent Nada Tawfik reports. Cascading waterfalls rushed through the platforms down to the tracks of new York Citys subway. The sudden deluge from idas move up north shut down the network and didnt stop there. A State Of Emergency was called as the city became paralysed by record breaking rain and Flash Flooding, turning wide boulevards quickly into waterways. Good god motorists and a few out working, despite the obstacles, waded through the water to get home. Officials warned residents to remain indoors but in parts of New York, houses were no longer a place of s
Hello and welcome. Severe Weather And Flash flooding in the Northeastern United States has now killed at least 45 people. In New York, most of the dead drowned while trapped in their basement apartments. Most of the two dozen killed in newjersey were in vehicles overwhelmed by floodwaters. President biden has blamed Climate Change, and says the country needs to be better prepared. Our North America Correspondent Peter Bowes reports. A disaster that unfolded in minutes and claimed lives in several northeast states. The catastrophic flooding caused by the remnants of Hurricane Ida came Out Of The Blue and court New Yorkers offguard. Streets are turned into rivers and subway services forced to close down as Water Cascaded onto trains. Many of those who died perished in their basements, unable to escape. This is New Yorks central park, submerged after the wildest flooding in a lifetime. I after the wildest flooding in a lifetime. , after the wildest flooding in a lifetime. ,. , lifetime. I
President said the threat remains very high, could be the highest now as its been in this entire Evacuation Mission given that there are still thousands of u. S. Troops on the ground. So the president has continued to be updated every single day this week by his national security team. This morning was no different. They spent about an hour and a half in the situation room. And the white House Readout of that meeting is pretty blunt, saying that the president was told that right now the threat of an attack is, quote, highly likely in the next 24 to 36 hours. He said the situation on the ground continues to be extremely dangerous and of course the threat of Terrorist Attack still remains high. Thats something theyre monitoring very closely as they continue the evacuations. Its not clear how long the evacuations will Go On, theyve said they will Go On until The End but were told they will be reduced while they pull out resources and weaponry. That will be the next big phase of this. Of c