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The damage from Hurricane Ida, which hit the northeastern part of the United States including New York and New Jersey following the southern part of the United States, is increasing like a snowball.
The death toll is expected to exceed 20 as the flooded neighborhoods continue to rise.
Correspondent Kim Jong-won from New York covered the site.
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northeastern United States was swept away by heavy rain and strong winds last night.
In a New York town where the water has not drained until dawn, a rubber boat appears and carries the isolated people.
[Jeff Lopez / Flooding victim victim: There is nothing left.
I'm a beggar now.
But we'll all work together to find a solution.] A
helicopter was mobilized to rescue people who had fled to the rooftops to avoid muddy water in a New Jersey town that was completely submerged as the river overflowed.
Last night, the subway and roads were flooded by a hurricane of extreme weather, with a water bomb falling at a rate of 90 mm per hour, the highest ever observed in New York's Central Park last night.
The road to New York is now completely covered by water, and the police are controlling it.
In some areas of New Jersey, the damage from strong winds was also large, including tornadoes.
It's not because it's raining heavily, but because the wind is blowing so strong, you can find sites where trees broke and hit the road like this everywhere.
In Queens, New York, 14 people have been confirmed dead so far in New York and New Jersey alone, including a baby and three family members when water filled a basement.
However, the number of casualties is increasing as the search operation progresses, with reports that the death toll has exceeded 20.
New York and New Jersey declared a state of emergency as more than 200,000 homes suffered power outages.