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At least six people have been killed as a month’s worth of rain was dumped on New York.

Four people died in the city, where roads were turned into rivers, while another two were killed in New Jersey.

A state of emergency was declared in New York last night as Storm Ida continued to batter parts of the US.

Shocking footage shows people standing on seats on a flooded bus as the driver continued down a submerged road.

New York’s FDR Drive on the east side of Manhattan, and the Bronx River Parkway were under water by late Wednesday evening.

Subway stations became so flooded that all service had to be suspended all service.

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Other videos showed water up to car windows as rubbish bags floated down the streets.

‘We’re enduring an historic weather event tonight with record breaking rain across the city, brutal flooding and dangerous conditions on our roads,’ New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said while declaring a state of emergency in the city.

Governor Kathy Hochul also declared a state of emergency for the entire state of New York.

The National Weather Service office in New York declared its first-ever set of flash flood emergencies in the region last night.

This alert level is reserved for ‘exceedingly rare situations when a severe threat to human life and catastrophic damage from a flash flood is happening or will happen soon.’

A travel ban for all non-emergency vehicles was in place until 5am this morning.

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