Lambertville: President Joe Biden approved a major disaster declaration on Monday studying federal assistance for people in six new Jersey districts and five New York districts was influenced by flooding last week from the remnants of Ida storms.
At least 50 people were killed in six eastern countries as a record of rainfall last Wednesday, Rivers and gutter systems.
Some people are trapped in apartments and car basements that fill fast, or swept when they try to escape.
Storm also gave birth to some tornadoes.
Biden is scheduled to visit New Jersey and New York City on Tuesday to survey storm damage, the White House said.
The storm killed at least 27 people in New Jersey and 13 in New York City.
New Jersey GOV.
Phil Murphy, walking around the Lambertville area which was damaged by floods on Labor Day, said the Biden Disaster Declaration would enable individuals to receive assistance, including grants for temporary housing and home improvement and low-cost loans to cover uninsured property losses.
The emergency declaration issued last week which allows the state, district and regional government to get a replacement for disaster expenses, said Murphy.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul said the initial assessment found that the storm damaged more than 1,200 homes and caused damage to infrastructure and public property.
The Mayor of Jersey City Steven Fulop said city infrastructure damage was estimated at $ 35 million.
At Hudson Valley, Metro-North said the commuter train service would return during rush hour Tuesday morning after the crew took off a few feet of the mud from the track and recovering a leraste and ballast.
Two of the four songs on the Hudson line still do not work for improvement between Riverdale and Tarrytown.
Biden Disaster Declaration includes Bergen, Gloucester, Hunerdon, Middlesex, Passaic, and Somerset in New Jersey and allows individual help for people in Bronx, Queens, Kings, Richmond and Westchester Counties in New York.
Murphy said he would speak with Biden during his visit about adding other districts to the main disaster declaration.
Murphy joined state and local officials on Lambertville walking tour, past the house with stacked items outside when residents spent labor day they cleaned flood debris, assisted at one point by the bulldozer.
The main disaster declaration can help people like Nick Cepparulo, who told Murphy all the items on the first floor of his family was washed as soon as they entered their car and ran to a higher place.
“We will be fine,” said Cepparulo told reporters after talking to Murphy.
“We need a little help to get there.
” In New York City, Mayor of Bill de Blasio, Senator Chuck Schumer and US Rep.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez spent a portion of the Morning of Storm Damage tour in Queens with Deanne Criswell, the first head City Emergency Management Now Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
A resident greeted De Blasio with his arms on his shoulder and a candidate about their flood houses.
“Welcome to Woodside,” he said.
“We have a swimming pool in every home.
So you can turn on the swimwear and swim with us.
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Biden directs federal assistance to NY, NJ after the deadly flood
