NEW YORK, Sep 3 : A night of dual disasters fueled by the remnants of Hurricane Ida crippled the Northeast and killed at least 38 people in New York City and New Jersey alone. Another four people were killed in Pennsylvania, a state trooper died in Connecticut, and another person died in Maryland.

Historic and destructive rainfall and flooding hit New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York, and tornadoes tore across the Philadelphia suburbs.

Flooding in New York City killed at least 12 people, all but one of them in flooded apartments.

The rain and flooding was so intense that it quickly overwhelmed major infrastructure. Thoroughfares turned to raging rivers that trapped drivers, subways gushed like geysers, water filled buses up to the seats and Newark Airport flooded.