Ida Floods New York: Death Toll Rises to 41

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiled a new approach Friday to managing severe weather that he says will "bluntly be a jolt to people" but one he says is necessary to address increasingly frequent major flooding events -- as the scope of devastation from this latest one continues to expand.

His NYC Climate-Driven Rain Response plan involves three main components: more severe warnings, basement apartment evacuations and a 30-day extreme weather response task force to devise solutions quickly and expedite implementation.

"We can say now that extreme weather has become the norm, we need to respond to it differently. It's even different than just a few years ago," de Blasio said. "We've got to acknowledge it. New reality requires a new paradigm."

"We're going to in particular focus on a different warning, a much more severe kind of warning and a much more severe set of actions, very physical actions, that bluntly will be a jolt to people, a shock to people," the mayor said of new phone alerts. "But we've learned that we have to introduce these things into the equation."

At least 13 people died in Brooklyn and Queens in Ida's historic floodwaters and three more bodies were recovered in Westchester County. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said Friday morning his state's death toll rose to 25 overnight, with at least six people still missing, bringing the toll in the two states to 41 people.

Видео Ida Floods New York: Death Toll Rises to 41 канала NBC New York