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Connection so we could hear what you've seen. i do want to go to evan mcmorris santoro in queens, new york, which saw some of the most devastating effects of the storm overnight and sadly where a lot of the deaths were located. what is the status of the recovery process right now, evan? >> reporter: well, jim, as you know, last night the numbers that we have so far are nine dead, a number that could change, could rise. the majority here in queens where i am, two of the deaths happening literally in the house right behind me. floodwaters coming in and just collapsing a basement wall killing two...

The school year and here it is record flooding. thank you very much. as we've been saying nationally, the storm produced a record-breaking amount of rain. never before seen, particularly in parts of northeast. all allison chinchar is in the cnn weather center. describe the records of this storm. we use the word historic all of the time but the records get broken it seems every other day. where was this the worst and where was this the worst ever seen? >> yeah, i mean you talked about it, the scope of this storm was incredible. this one particular storm has impacted 22 states, jim. 22 states....

Reporting that the airline is suspending a bulk at the international hub and that is effecting perhaps hundreds of flights, apology for the highway noise here. so that does speak to the impact beyond new jersey and northeast with this storm that has already been felt for multiple days, three or four days after landfall now could impact people traveling in or out of the region here, jim. >> you shut down an airport, that has big effects. thank you very much. christine romans has been in clifton, new jersey, where overnight, goodness, whole community under water. and i know you experienced tha...

Debtford, woodbury township. thank good, unless someone knows otherwise, casualties are extremely limited which is for the grace of god which is extraordinary. look at the house behind us if you want to get a sense of how it could have been. and as steve sweeney has said, if you look at other side of the path of this, you have houses to the left and right which are largely in tact if not completely in tact and then you have houses in the path that are destroyed. up north, the story was less tornados but overwhelming flooding. and largely the big roads are open, although 78 and 280 are still wo...