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Burnett. tonight, the death toll has risen significantly. at least 45 people killed across the east coast as remnants of ida leave breathtaking destruction. >> this is the first time we've had a flash flood of this proportion. >> sadly tragic, historic 24 hours in new jersey. there's noover way to put it. >> tonight in the northeast, more than 100,000 people are in the dark, and the threat is not over yet. new jersey appearing to be the hardest hit state with 23 people dead. officials say many more are still missing at this hour. this video we're going to show you, floodwaters turning entire n...

Obviously we send our condolences to those families. there appear to be three individuals that did drown and one individual that was involved instructial damage related to that tornado. so it's just heartbreaking, and we certainly hope that that is the final count. but we will see. >> commissioner, thank you very much. >> thank you. let's turn to the aftermath of hurricane ida in louisiana where the storm first hit. tonight we're learning four nursing home residents died after more than a hundred of them were evacuated to a warehouse to ride out the storm. 12 others needed to be hospitalized...

Very heavy rains. on average we had about 8 1/2 inches of rain in our county in a relatively short period of time. the national weather service has confirmed that we had an ef-2 tornado that touched down in upper dublin and other townships in our county. that tornado caused a significant amount of destruction. there were winds of up to 130 miles an hour. so you can imagine the havoc that that brought. and then the flooding started. as you heard, the schuylkill river is still in our county at major flood stage. i don't think we know yet the entirety of the damage from this storm. >> it's amazin...