New York did not suffer the full severity of Hurricane "Ida", but the damage in the US metropolis is immense. Mayor Bill de Blasio announces better protection against the next floods.
New York – After the storm in New York and the surrounding area, the clean-up work in the metropolis is in full swing. So far, 1,300 cars that are no longer ready to drive have been towed away, said the city's emergency management commissioner, John Scrivani.
Hospitals, government buildings and residential buildings were therefore pumped out by the emergency services. Damage was reported to more than 1,000 buildings.
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that he would take better care of the protection of those New Yorkers who lived in basement apartments in the future. Several residents of such apartments drowned in the huge downpours on Thursday night due to water entering.
De Blasio made it clear that he expects these and similar weather events again and again in the future: “We have to assume the worst in a way that we have never done before: that storms will come faster, that they will be much more violent, much more sudden and that they regularly set records. ”dpa
