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Officer wading into chest deep waters wednesday to investigate reports of people in a flooded basement. with stuffed animals and toys bobbing in the filthy, murky water, the officers were blockade by locked doors and live electricity. firefighters brought in specialized equipment and discovered the bodies of three people. all of them had drowned. lets begin our coverage in new york with cnns paolo sandoval. >> reporter: were in one of those queens neighborhoods particularly hit by flash flooding...

Pummelled during hurricane sandy in 2012. how is your district doing now? and do you think that hurricane sandy and hurricane ida sort of raises in high relief the need not only to make climate change -- take climate change seriously, but also to get infrastructure taken care of so that people dont lose their lives because of freak flash flooding? >> jonathan, first, thank you for having me on this sunday, and we miss you in new york. let me tell you, my district was devastated. you know we lost...

It relates to these storms. >> reporter: in mullica hill, families are trying to recover after a tornado ripped through their homes. >> our house is gone. what do you mean? he said the tornado. >> he was over me. everything was falling on our backs. and luckily our house has a walkup basement or we would have never gotten out. >> reporter: new york saw some of the worst flash flooding in the region. at least 16 people died across the state with nearly a dozen victims in queens alone. >> there is...

Good morning and welcome to your "new day." it is saturday, september 4th. the months just flying off the calendar, christi. i have to tell you, it is starting to feel a little bit chilly like autumn here in d.c. >> thank goodness. same here in atlanta. believe me, were grateful for it. >> for the summer but nevertheless -- >> hes a miami man. >> thats right. we have to talk about weather and we begin this hour with how the united states is coming face to face with the climate crisis. the death ...

So we will see what in fact emerges. antony blinken there. president biden has visited the us state of louisiana to see the destruction caused by hurricane ida. more than 60 people have died across eight states since it made landfall on sunday — many were killed when torrential rainfall caused flash flooding. 0ur correspondent, nada tawfik, has more. one week and a storm that brought america to its knees. look at that tornado! from new orleans to new york, it was a dramatic beating. record rai...

Sweltering heat. theyre facing long lines to buy food at grocery stores and hurricane ida is being blamed for at least 13 deaths in louisiana and mississippi. and still, more than 700,000 customers remain without power in louisiana. >> now, president joe biden did get a firsthand look at the destruction during a visit to the area. he promised federal help for people who are struggling to recover. >> were in this together, so were not going to leave any community behind. rural, city, coastal, inl...

Through the northeast. so im going to go my colleague now, mark morales in new york, with the devastating flash flooding we saw there. mark? >> well, president joe biden is expected to reach new york and new jersey on tuesday and one of the areas hes expected to go to was hardly hit during the storm, which was queens, new york. queens was home to most of the victims during the storm. most of the fatalities happened to people who were living in queens. important to note about those fatality that ...

Moment and to meet the future as it relates to these storms. >> reporter: in mullica hill, families are trying to recover after a tornado ripped through their homes. >> our house is good news is. what do you mean -- he said, the tornado. >> we were huddled. he was over me. everything was falling on our backs. and luckily, our house has a walkup basement or we would have never gotten out. >> reporter: new york saw some of the worst flash flooding in the region. at least 16 people died across the ...

Flash flooding. it swept away homes, cars, spawned tornadoes. flood waters have started to recede now in some areas but millions of people are still under flood warnings or advisories. we want to get an update on conditions in louisiana real quickly here. cnn correspondent adrienne brodov is with us live from new orleans. what are you hearing from people at this point? >> reporter: weve seen the frustration youve heard the president talk about firsthand play out at this gas station. it opens in ...

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