Ashley Thomas cheers upon finding her purse after her home was damaged by a tornado in Mullica Hill, N.J. Thursday, September 2, 2021. A stunned U.S. East Coast woke up Thursday to a rising death toll, surging rivers and destruction after the remnants of Hurricane Ida walloped the region with record-breaking rain, filling low-lying apartments with water and turning roads into car-swallowing canals. (Photo by Joe Lamberti/Camden Courier-Post via AP Photo)
