NEW YORK—The remnants of Hurricane Ida inundated large swaths of the northeastern U.S. with historic and unanticipated fury Wednesday night, killing at least 14 people in flooding in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania as basement apartments suddenly filled with water, rivers, and creeks swelled to record levels and roadways turned into car-swallowing canals. Eight people died when they became trapped in flooded basements, New York City police said. Five people were found dead in an apartment complex in Elizabeth, New Jersey, the city’s mayor and spokesperson told local media. Outside Philadelphia, officials reported “multiple fatalities,” saying no additional details were immediately available. The ferocious storm also spawned tornadoes, including one that ripped apart homes and toppled silos in Mullica Hill, New Jersey, south of Philadelphia. “I had the hope they would get out. It happened so fast,” said Deborah Torres, who lives on the first floor of a building …
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