44 dead in US as record rain due to Hurricane Ida floods NY-area homes, subways

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At least 44 people have been killed in US' New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Connecticut amid record rainfall due to Hurricane Ida.

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Cars were swept away, subway lines were submerged and homes were flooded in New York.

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Ida, one of the most powerful hurricanes ever to strike the US Gulf Coast, made landfall on Sunday in Louisiana.

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