Storm Isaias in Annapolis, Maryland, August 4, 2020 - Baltimore Sun / TNS / Sipa USA / SIPA

The New York authorities have failed to prevent Tropical Storm Isaias from being deadly. Still marked by the devastating passage of Hurricane Sandy in 2012, the city had yet installed protective dikes in the south of the Manhattan district in anticipation of a possible rise in water levels. But it was impossible to fight against the sometimes violent winds, accompanied by heavy rains. In the end, Isaias swept the east coast of the United States on Tuesday and killed at least two. The storm also left several million people without electricity.

Category 1 hurricane

A driver was killed when a tree fell on his vehicle, while another was seriously injured by a branch, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said. Previously, Isaias had already been killed in North Carolina, where his eye had made landfall on the night of Monday to Tuesday with winds blowing up to 140 km / h, which then made it a category 1 hurricane (on 5).

Breaking: Video shows strong winds and heavy rain in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, as Hurricane Isaias approaches the area. pic.twitter.com/0rkC8TlvND

- PM Breaking News (@PMBreakingNews) August 4, 2020

The depression gradually weakened during the day as it progressed towards the northeast of the country, via Virginia, the federal capital Washington, Maryland, Pennsylvania and New York. But it still caused material damage and deprived nearly 3 million people of electricity, mostly in the state of New Jersey.

According to the latest report from the National Hurricane Center (NHC), Isaias was advancing over Vermont on Wednesday, before quickly reaching Canada with maximum sustained winds of 80 km / h. "I invite all those on the path of the storm to remain vigilant and follow the recommendations of their state and local authorities," President Donald Trump said in the afternoon from the White House.

Respect barrier gestures even with the storm

However, a heavier toll seems to have been avoided. In North Carolina, used almost every summer to storms and hurricanes, "the damage has not been as severe at all as it could have been," said Governor Roy Cooper. While his state is among those facing a resurgence of the Covid-19 epidemic in the country, he had asked residents, despite the arrival of the storm, not to forget to respect the barrier gestures. He explained Tuesday morning that a larger number of shelters had to be planned in order to allow social distancing inside them.

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