Storm Ida: Staten Island tanker wades through deep water during flash floods

Storm Ida battered New York on Wednesday, causing some of the worst flooding seen across the city in years.

Dramatic footage filmed in Staten Island shows a tanker wading through deep floodwater outside a Costco supermarket, passing a number of other parked cars that appear to be almost completely submerged.

A state of emergency was declared across New York, with Mayor Bill de Blasio called it a “historic weather event” with “dangerous conditions”.

At least 15 people have died after Ida hit the north-eastern US, local media report.