At least 12 dead in flood-ravaged New York City: What we know about the victims

Roads were turned into waterways as the remnants of Ida inundated the region.

Authorities said Thursday that at least 12 people have died in New York City as the remnants of Hurricane Ida caused an unexpected deluge of devastating floodwater to inundate the city. Videos and images posted to social media amid the storm captured scenes of chaos and despair as roads turned to waterways and subway stations flooded due to the record-shattering rainfall. Authorities said hundreds of people were rescued from flooded cars and transit stations. "The price paid by some New Yorkers is horrible and tragic," New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said during a Thursday news conference, lamenting how the New Yorkers who died in the storm "were alive at this exact moment yesterday, no idea that such a horrible fate could befall them." The borough of Queens, home to many lower- and middle-class New Yorkers and one of the most racially diverse areas in the nation, bore the brunt of storm-related deaths in the city.