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Source: Environmental Protection Agency

1. Summary
   The Northeastern US was inundated with rain on Sunday night, leaving at least one person dead and prompting emergency declarations in New York and Vermont. The storm began in New York state and has caused tens of millions in damage. 400 flights into or out of the East Coast were canceled Monday, after 50% of flights out of New York’s LaGuardia Airport were canceled Sunday.
   
   New York Gov. Kathy Hochul described the resulting floods as a 1,000-year event. Vermont Gov. Phil Scott said the storm's rainfall is expected to be comparable to that of Tropical Storm Irene in 2011. Officials in Ulster County, NY, also said the flooding was comparable to Irene, which at the time was the worst weather event in the county's history.
   
   Meanwhile, flooding was also reported in India and Japan, and 38 million Americans are under heat advisories. Both local and global heat records were broken in recent days. Experts say the events are broadly connected because of human-caused climate change and the El Nino weather pattern.

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