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Russ Schumacher

Cars sit abandoned on the flooded Major Deegan Expressway in the Bronx following a night of heavy wind and rain from the remnants of Hurricane Ida on September 02, 2021 in New York City. Numerous people were killed in New York and tornadoes did heavy damage to parts of New Jersey as the evening storm caught many off guard with the severity of its rain and wind and flooding. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Two reasons for Hurricane Ida’s record-shattering rainfall long after the winds weakened

Russ Schumacher

Flood water surround homes damaged by Hurricane Harvey, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Rockport, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

What made the rain in Hurricane Harvey so extreme?

Russ Schumacher