Cars partly submerged in flood waters. Sea levels are rising quickly. The Northeast is bracing for the storm.
A person walks in Montauk, New York, on August 22, 2021. Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images
President Joe Biden has added New York to the list of states he has approved an emergency declaration for, in addition to his approval of Connecticut earlier Sunday.
This declaration would help “the counties of Albany, Bronx, Broome, Chenango, Columbia, Delaware, Dutchess, Greene, Kings, Montgomery, Nassau, New York, Orange, Otsego, Putnam, Queens, Rensselaer, Richmond, Rockland, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Suffolk, Sullivan, and Westchester,” the declaration said.
Earlier this weekend: Biden made the same declaration for Rhode Island on Saturday.
Biden is scheduled to speak at 4 p.m. to update the country on how his administration is responding to the tropical storm.
