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Several people were trapped in flooded basements in New York City.
We've been speaking to residents in New York and New Jersey about their experiences of the flooding. This is what they told us:

Last night in our basement it started to pour through the windows like a waterfall. After we went down to look at that it also started to leak through our electrical panel.

The fire chief came out and said he had to shut our power off.

Now, we’re stuck in a hotel until we can get an electrician out who will check that we’re OK to get the panel back on, and then we have to get the power company back out to reconnect the power to the house, and then we’re going to have to pump the water out of the basement.

When we were driving to the hotel, it was like a lake at points.

The dog is at the hotel with us. The fire chief’s wife took our pet cats to look after them at the firehouse.

Our condo is built in a lower area so we are prone to flooding, but what I saw last night is unimaginable. I have never seen water coming in all directions.

There’s huge damage here. It is a big hit for us. It’s going to cost us money.

When the flooding hit, my neighbour living downstairs came to my door and said: "Help me."

When I went there, what I saw was that her bathroom was flooded, her living room was flooded. Their apartment was completely ruined.

The only thing we could do was try to get rid of the water, but there was nowhere to put the water. So it was just a waiting game until the rain stopped.

I don’t want to have to deal with this every few years because it’s going to cost us money and it might cost lives as well. We need to really think about what we should do about such disasters.

We were thinking it would be about a foot maximum, but it was 10 to 12ft (3-3.6m).

There has been huge property loss, huge damage everywhere. It’s pretty awful.

We had information that a storm was coming but nobody said it was going to be so bad.

The water just gushed in and caught us by surprise.

The elevators, the lobby, all the furniture have been destroyed.