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And a good deal of the damage and flooding. the very latest from bryan llenas in patterson, new jersey. >> neil, good morning, just three days after, actually three days after the storm, it's incredible to see that there's still flooding here in new jersey in patterson. you can see the van behind me. the water is start to go recede, but if you pan over here, you can see how much water is still here. there was enough to overtake that vehicle. the pasayic river is behind where we are and it's not expect today clear out of major flood stage until 10 p.m. tonight. three days after. and this is as ...

The historic flooding there. cnn's evan mcmotorist san toro s in paterson, new jersey, for us. so you just spoke with the mayor. what did he tell you about what they're looking forward to in terms of recovery? >> reporter: the mayor told me we are still very much in the middle of this crisis here in paterson, new jersey. we just got word in the "cnn newsroom," just a few minutes ago that president biden will be coming to this area on tuesday. he'll be coming to manville, new jersey, about 50 miles south of me, and up to queens in new york. where the most deaths in new york city were found. peo...

That this white house thought they would possibly be able to move away from the debacle in the evacuation in afghanistan and so, i think you're seeing is when you start this had show a little over an hour and a half ago, you talked about the two storms the president is now having to deal with. now, add to this you have the president's secretary of state antony blinken making the trip over to qatar to engage our allies and how to acknowledge let alone work with a soon to be formed taliban government, for which we are dependent on getting remaining americans out. so, really, i think it's cliche ...

Flooding, this historic flooding in this area. i spoke with the mayor earlier today about what he's been going through, what it was like here, and what he thinks about the future here in patterson. >> about 300 people have been rescued to date. very daring rescue here in the north side of our city. there have been countless cars that have been left abandoned, about 100. we have 30 families that are at the emergency shelter that we opened up and our streets are strewn with debris. it's almost apocalyptic, because when you talk to your residents -- and i want to reassure them that fema is coming...

Take quite a while to get this entire area back on its feet. back. >> all right, jeff paul live on the ground in louisiana. thank you so much, griff. griff: anita, across the northeast, the tornados and flooding spawned by hurricane ida claimed at least 46 lives. the flood waters have not receded everyone, hampering recovery efforts. we find bryan llenas in patterson, really getting a punch, bryan. >> yeah, griff. believe it or not three days after the storm, we are still seeing the flood waters behind me. in fact, the water here from the passic river reached up five feet. and the water overto...