More than three months after the remnants of Hurricane Ida pummeled New York City, displaced residents are still living in temporary housing and waiting for more federal aid to come.
Updated 1400 GMT December 19, 2021
New York City Mario Gamiño was startled awake by the panicked-sounding bark of his pet cockapoo. When he got up, he realized water was rising quickly in his basement apartment in Flushing, Queens, so he immediately shook his wife awake. Within minutes, Ida's floodwaters took nearly everything away. Their belongings were damaged and the tiny $1,200-a-month apartment they afforded as housekeepers was ruined. Gamiño and Bibiane Chamorro, along with their dog, Lily, barely escaped with their lives as the deadly storm swept through New York on September 1. "It was terrible for us," Chamorro told CNN."In the first few days, I cried a lot.
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