In Pictures: Storm Ida leaves trail of death and devastation as record rain falls

The remnants of Hurricane Ida have inundated large stretches of north-eastern US, leaving more than 45 people dead in flooding from New York to Maryland as basements filled with water, rivers swelled to record levels and roads turned into canals.

The storm also spawned tornadoes, including one that ripped apart homes and toppled silos in New Jersey and tore off part of a high school roof in suburban Philadelphia.

Here are some of the strongest pictures as Storm Ida continues to wreak havoc in the US.

The Manayunk neighbourhood in Philadelphia is flooded, in the aftermath of downpours and high winds from the remnants of Hurricane Ida.

Felix Delapuente, a neighbour of the home in the Queens borough of New York where three people died including a two-year old child, shows the flood damage in his basement on Thursday.

Vehicles were submerged during flooding in Philadelphia, in the aftermath of downpours and high winds from the remnants of Hurricane Ida that hit the area.

People look at a flooded street as the Schuylkill River exceeds its bank in the East Falls section of Philadelphia.

Waves slam along the shore near high tide as the remnants of Hurricane Ida leave coastal Massachusetts.

A person walks in floodwaters in Philadelphia.

A street is flooded as the Schuylkill River exceeds its bank in the East Falls section of Philadelphia.

Gas pumps are submerged in water as the Schuylkill River exceeds its bank in the East Falls section of Philadelphia.