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Man: look at that tornado! from new orleans to new york, it was a dramatic beating. record rainfall, life—threatening floods, destructive winds, and tornadoes usually only seen in the midwest, tore through communities with no mercy. in some places it was unprecedented, and sparked fear about the ferocity and frequency of future weather. woman (crying): oi my god...the river is flooding. part of this newjersey town was abandoned after the nearby river crested and left cars and homes under ten feet of water. four people died and about 600 were left homeless. gloria jett lost everything, but wa...

>> reporter: and the mta reporting 46 stations were inundated with water. officials admitting the system was not designed for this type of record rainfall. >> anything over 2 inches an hour, we'll have trouble with. >> reporter: late thursday people gathered around the house that you see behind me, that is the place where two people lost their lives, they were down in the basement, they were trapped by the floodwaters and could not get out. their names will be added to the names of all of those who died during the storm. >> jason carroll reporting there from new york. and as we mentioned, id...

In new york, the city issued the first ever, first ever flash flood emergency. those are subway tunnels you're looking at there last night. they saw rainfall in just five hours, enough to fill 50,000 olympic size swimming pools, record rainfall in central park and happening right now in bridgeport, pennsylvania, water rescues underway. we've seen live on our air in the last hour residents being pulled from their homes in those inflatable rescue boats there. still people in need and still people's whose lives are in danger. let's begin with the storm chaser. he's ray likener. you were following...

Were inundated with water. officials admitting the system was not designed for this type of record rainfall. anything over 2 inches an hour we're going to have trouble with. >> in southern new jersey, another disaster, reports of a tornado there completely leveled homes. .committing his full support to state affected by ida and calling on -- the extreme storms in the climate crisis are here. we need to be much better prepare. we need to act. >> so you can see the tow trucks are out here. they are going to start clearing away the cars. as the water starts to remember, hear more and more people ...

Over the course of the whole day, which was not a particularly problematic amount. that turned into the single biggest hour of rainfall in history with almost no warning. >> reporter: but its intensity took many by surprise. the city's infrastructure was unprepared. dozens were stuck on buses and in subway stations. >> oh, my god. i've been down here from 11:30 something. >> reporter: the mta reporting 46 stations were inundated with water. officials admitting the system was not designed for this type of record rainfall. >> anything other 2 inches an hour, we're going to have trouble with. >> ...