Flash floods in NYC subway as Hurricane Ida kills four & city in emergency

BIBLICAL downpours and TORNADOES have hit northeastern USA as four are dead and the first ever flood emergency is declared in New York City. Powerful remnants of Hurricane Ida brought twisters and biblical downpours — leaving subways and roads underwater and buildings destroyed. Emergency crews were rescuing dozens of stranded motorists and people trapped in a basement were being rescued by divers after a building collapse in Queens. A 66-year-old Brooklyn man was discovered dead in the basement of his Cypress Hills apartment at around half midnight on Thursday, the New York post reported. A woman in her 40s was also found dead at about 1am in her apartment on Grand Central Parkway. A 22-year-old man and a 45-year-old woman were both found dead in the basement of their home on 183rd Street near 90th Avenue in Queens. Mayor Bill De Blasio and Governor Katie Hochul of New York City declared a state of emergency for the metropolitan area as well as New Jersey after flood warnings were put in place for the