New York is counting the cost of the damage caused by the remnants of Hurricane Ida, which has killed 58 people.
The Big Apple was overwhelmed by flash flooding on Wednesday night, leaving at least 16 dead, including a two-year-old child.
The city's subway system was also submerged by the flooding, with videos showing water pouring over arriving trains and gushing into stations.
Meanwhile at least 23 people were killed in New Jersey as basements flooded across the state.
A 150mph tornado left a trail of destruction in parts of south New Jersey, levelling homes on one street in Mullica Hill.
Cars were seen being swept away by the floods in footage shared on social media.
Hurricane Ida has also killed 11 people in Louisiana, two in Mississippi, two in Alabama, two in Pennsylvania, one in Maryland and one in Connecticut.
A huge clean up operation is now underway as the US begins to recover from the storm.
The threat of further flooding has not completely disappeared as river levels will not peak for several days.
More than seven inches of rain fell in New York City on Wednesday - the fifth highest amount in the city's history.
Some of city's flood victims include a dad and his two-year-old son, who were found dead inside their basement apartment in Queens.
Ang Lama, 50, and toddler Lobsang were discovered alongside wife and mum Mingma Sherpa, 48, on Thursday morning.
Mingma and Ang were immigrants who moved to the US from Nepal.
Hurricane Ida has also cut off electricity for many Americans, leaving around one million people without power across Louisiana.
Officials have warned that power cuts in some parts of the state could continue for at least a month, according to CNN.
President Joe Biden travelled to Louisiana on Friday to get a first-hand look at the destruction wrought by the hurricane.
Biden is to meet Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards and local officials about the hurricane.
It is providing the president with a tough test just after the chaotic withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan.
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Hurricane Ida struck the Gulf coast last weekend and carved a northern path through the eastern United States.
It culminated with torrential rains and widespread flooding in New York, New Jersey and surrounding areas on Wednesday.
Ida became the fifth most powerful hurricane to strike the US after making landfall in southern Louisiana on Sunday.
