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The East Coast Begins The Clean-Up After Historic Storm Kills More Than 45

After a major storm hit the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, with heavy rain, flash floods and tornadoes, multiple states now turn their attention to recovery.

A day after catastrophic levels of rain hit states from Maryland to Connecticut, areas impacted by floods and tornadoes began the work to clean up.

Hurricane Ida's remnants brought historic levels of rain to the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic region Wednesday into Thursday. The storm killed 45 people across the region as of official reports early Friday. Officials say 23 people in New Jersey, 13 people in New York City and three in Westchester County, five in Pennsylvania, and one each in Connecticut and Maryland

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