At least two Indian-origin individuals have been killed within the US state of New Jersey after they have been swept away by flash floods brought on by Hurricane Ida, in line with a media report on Sunday. Hurricane Ida, which made landfall on August 29 in Port Fourchon, Louisiana, is the second-most harmful hurricane to hit the state on report, solely after Hurricane Katrina (2005).
Ida transitioned right into a post-tropical cyclone on September 1, killing 65 individuals throughout the US, with the bulk deaths in New Jersey, New York and Louisiana. Indian-origin Malathi Kanche, 46, a software program designer, was driving residence together with her 15-year-old daughter on Wednesday when her automobile halted in waist-deep floodwater on Route 22 of Bridgewater, New Jersey, The New York Times newspaper reported. Kanche and her daughter held onto a tree as floodwaters pulled them, in line with a household good friend, Mansi Mago, however the tree fell, pulling Kanche within the torrent.
Initially, officers put Kanche on the listing of “lacking individuals”. She was confirmed dead on Friday, the report added.
Danush Reddy, 31, was stranded in the flood in South Plainfield, New Jersey, when he lost balance and tumbled near a 36-inch-wide sewer pipe. Officials said Reddy was pulled into the drain pipe and his body was found miles away. Apart from deaths and damage to the ecology, Hurricane Ida has battered the civic infrastructure in the northeastern states of the US. The storm has caused at least USD 50 billion in damages, according to official estimates.
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