NPR: Why Hurricane Ida Hit The Northeast So Hard, 1,000 Miles Away From Its Landfall
The right mix of weather conditions combined to create extreme rainfall over New York and surrounding areas. Once extremely rare, storms like this may become the norm as the climate warms.
As the cleanup from the deadly flooding that hit the tri-state area goes on, people are still trying to understand how the remnants of a Hurricane that made landfall in New Orleans managed to retain enough strength to wreak such havoc in New York and New Jersey.
