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    Why 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, such storms may become the norm as the climate warms.
    by Bill Chappell Sep 03, 2021 2 minutes
    Members of the fire department in Lodi, N.J., perform water rescues Thursday on residents trapped after torrential rains from the remnants of Hurricane Ida.

    Hurricane Ida's remnants created deadly havoc in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York days after the system hit the Gulf Coast — some 1,000 miles away.

    There was "just the right mix of weather conditions" in place to fuel the system, according to Tripti Bhattacharya, an assistant professor of earth and environmental sciences at Syracuse University.

    "A storm like this would have

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