"The human toll was tremendous," said Hochul, recounting a trip to East Elmhurst in the New York City borough of Queens to assess the devastation. In New Jersey, there were 27 confirmed storm deaths and four people still missing, said a spokesperson for Governor Phil Murphy. Other storm deaths were reported in Connecticut with at least one dead, Pennsylvania with at least four dead and Maryland with at least one dead. Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards increased the number of storm deaths in his Gulf Coast state to 13. At least four of those people died in Louisiana of carbon monoxide poisoning from power generators, officials said.

Source: bd News24 September 06, 2021 00:22 UTC