Death toll rises to 46 after historic flooding pounds Northeast

Anderson Cooper 360

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🗓️ 3 September 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Remnants of Hurricane Ida unleashed dangerous flash floods and tornadoes across the Northeast, killing at least 46 people. Camilla Akbari was traveling on a New Jersey transit train trying to get home when the water started coming onto the train. She walks AC360 through the 12-hour journey that usually takes just one hour. Plus, New York’s Gov. Kathy Hochul tells Anderson Cooper search and rescues are still underway in New York City. Airdate: September 2, 2021 Guests: Camilla Akbari Gov. Kathy Hochul To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	There's just good evening from Virginia up into New England.
0:03.4	At least 46 people have now lost their lives and what was once optimistically referred
0:07.8	to as the remnants of Hurricane Ida.
0:10.3	We begin tonight with new video just in of what it looked like as two members, the New
0:14.0	York Police Department rescued a driver last night in Central Park.
0:30.1	That's in New York Central Park.
0:51.2	Outwater rescue won a mini overnight in the city and across the region.
0:54.6	The storm also shut down New York subway systems and computer rail throughout the New
0:59.0	York Tri-State area.
1:00.3	The flooding as you see here was of a kind last scene when Superstorm Sandy hit.
1:05.2	The rainfall set records.
1:06.7	At least eight tornadoes struck as the storm moved north and sadly every measure of destruction
1:11.1	is likely to rise in the coming hours and days.
1:14.2	CNS McGell-Marquets begins our coverage.
1:16.1	Tonight he joins us from New Brunswick, New Jersey, McGell.
1:18.9	Yeah, just shocking how powerful this storm was.
1:24.0	NYPD says that it affected 69 water rescues and over 160 other rescues there.
1:30.2	I want to show you what's happening here in New Jersey and New Brunswick.
1:33.5	This is a roadway next to the Raritan River.
1:37.0	It is started to receive, but you can see the cars, the station behind it.
1:42.4	All of that still inundated by water as authorities here are still searching for the missing.
1:52.1	Raging floodwaters flowing across parts of the northeast tonight where active rescues
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