(CNN)President Joe Biden will travel to New Jersey and New York next week to survey widespread storm damage caused by the remnants of Hurricane Ida, according to the White House.
It will be Biden's second trip to survey damage from the storm after visiting Louisiana on Friday.
The President's visit to New Jersey and New York comes after extreme flooding left more than 40 people dead, including at least 23 people in New Jersey alone.
Dozens have died in six Eastern states -- Connecticut, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia -- after the storm brought unprecedented rainfall to some areas. And at least 13 people were killed in Louisiana and Mississippi after the storm first made landfall on August 29.
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The stadium for the Somerset Patriots, a minor-league baseball team in Bridgewater Township, New Jersey, is partially flooded by overflow from the Raritan River on Thursday, September 2.
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A man wades through floodwaters in Manville, New Jersey, on September 2.
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Commuters walk into a flooded subway station in New York City on September 2.
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First responders rescue people who were trapped by floodwaters in Mamaroneck, New York, on September 2.
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A building in Queens, New York, is damaged on September 2.
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A person walks in floodwaters in Philadelphia on September 2.
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A United Automatic Fire Sprinkler employee helps clean up on September 2 after the business flooded in Woodland Park, New Jersey.
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A motorist drives on a flooded expressway in Brooklyn, New York, early on September 2, as the remnants of Hurricane Ida swept through the area.
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People stand inside a subway station in New York City as water runs past their feet on Wednesday, September 1.
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Members of the New York City Fire Department rescue a woman from her stalled car on September 1.
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Members of the Weldon Fire Company walk through floodwaters in Dresher, Pennsylvania, on September 1.
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People navigate heavy rains and flooded walkways at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City on September 1.
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Workers clear a road from flooding in Bridgeville, Pennsylvania, on September 1.
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Sergio Rossi, owner of Sergio Tailoring, covers flood-damaged clothing at his shop in Oakdale, Pennsylvania, on September 1.
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A downed tree blocks a road in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania, on September 1.
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A tennis fan covers herself from rain as she attends a match at the US Open in New York on September 1. A second-round singles match between Kevin Anderson and Diego Schwartzman was halted early in the second set as water came through multiple openings of the roof on Louis Armstrong Stadium. The match was moved to the Arthur Ashe Stadium and completed just after 1 a.m. Thursday.
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Members of the Oakdale Fire Department clear debris from their station after heavy rains in Oakdale, Pennsylvania, on September 1.
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Raindrops are illuminated by a camera flash near the US Capitol as Ida's remnants pass over Washington, DC, on September 1.
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A worker surveys damage in Annapolis, Maryland, on September 1.
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Debris litters a park in Oakdale, Pennsylvania, on September 1.
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A man walks his dog in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, on September 1.
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A house sits above floodwaters in Glenshaw, Pennsylvania, on September 1.
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Water is pumped from the basement of a business in Oakdale, Pennsylvania, during cleanup on September 1.
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People walk through heavy rain in New York's Times Square on September 1.
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The death toll included a state trooper in Connecticut who was swept away as he responded to a missing person's call.
"There's a lot of damage, and I made clear to the governors that my team at ... FEMA (the Federal Emergency Management Agency) is on the ground and ready to provide all the assistance that is needed," President Joe Biden said last week of the situation in the Northeast following the storm.
Regional leaders calling for action on climate change
The visit to the region also comes as state and local leaders are sounding an urgent alarm on climate change and calling for action on infrastructure legislation so states can be better prepared for extreme weather events in the future.
"We haven't experienced this before, but we should expect it the next time, and that means we have to continue investments in infrastructure, working in partnership with our federal government, and support from Senator Schumer and President Biden," New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said.
The rainfall from Ida broke a record in New York City that had been set just one week earlier, something Mayor Bill de Blasio said is "the biggest wakeup call we could possibly get."
"When you get two record rainfalls in a week it's not just coincidence. When you get all the changes we've seen in weather, that's not a coincidence. Global warming is upon us and it's going to get worse, and worse, and worse, unless we do something about it," Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer added.
The President said the severity of extreme weather events are yet another reason Congress should act on his "Build Back Better" agenda during remarks in Louisiana on Friday.
"Things have changed so drastically in terms of the environment. We've already crossed certain thresholds. We can't build back roads, highways, bridges, anything to what it was before. We gotta build back to what it is now, what's needed now," Biden said.
"And I know the heads of the energy companies understand this really well. We have a significant piece of legislation, both the infrastructure bill and a budget thing, a reconciliation bill, that calls for significant investment in being able to deal with what is about to come."
Hundreds of thousands still without power in Louisiana
Louisiana residents are still enduring power outages in dangerous heat nearly a week after deadly Hurricane Ida struck -- and long lines outside gas stations are underlining people's struggle to stay cool and mobile.
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Shoppers buy supplies at a grocery store in New Orleans despite the power still being out on Thursday, September 2.
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Cows are herded into a pen in Belle Chasse, Louisiana, on Thursday. "All of our neighbors' cows are mixed up in this bunch, so we're here rescuing them, getting them off the road and out of the water," Chris Shivers said when asked why his group was herding the cows. "They've been standing in the water now for several days without anything to eat or drink, so they're under a lot of stress and have seen a lot. The hurricane is a disaster, and these cows will probably never be the same."
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National Guard members unload ice at a distribution center in Montegut, Louisiana, on Thursday.
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Unattended horses are seen during a storm in Belle Chasse on Thursday.
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Tiffany Miller embraces her daughter Desilynn, left, and godchild Charleigh after the family returned to their destroyed home in Golden Meadow, Louisiana, on Wednesday, September 1.
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This aerial photo shows the hurricane aftermath in Grand Isle, Louisiana, on Tuesday, August 31. Grand Isle, Louisiana's last remaining inhabited barrier island at the southern tip of the state, bore the brunt of the Category 4 hurricane.
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The Maldonado family stands outside their damaged home in Barataria, Louisiana, on Tuesday. "I've lost everything in my trailer because of the hurricane," said Fusto Maldonado when asked about the storm's impact. "I've lost everything, my family has lost everything, and we're now trying to find help. We all live in this area and now it's all gone."
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A dead fish lies on a road in Leeville, Louisiana, on Tuesday.
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A shrimper works to salvage his partially submerged boat in Golden Meadow on Tuesday.
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A palm tree is bent in half in Galliano, Louisiana, on Tuesday.
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People wait for a gas truck to arrive at a gas station in New Orleans on Tuesday. As of Wednesday, the power remained out for nearly a million customers in Louisiana and a large number of gas stations didn't have fuel.
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Destroyed homes are surrounded by floodwaters near Point-aux-Chenes, Louisiana, on Tuesday.
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Workers on Tuesday remove a tree that fell on a home in Houma, Louisiana.
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What's left of a home stands in Grand Isle on Tuesday.
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Michael Wilson stands in the doorway of his flood-damaged home in Norco, Louisiana, on Monday, August 30.
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Homes near Norco are surrounded by floodwaters on Monday.
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A rain shower soaks evacuees in LaPlace, Louisiana, on Monday.
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A damaged McDonald's sign is seen in Raceland, Louisiana, on Monday.
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A man rides a bicycle in front of a damaged building in Houma on Monday.
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An oil slick is seen on top of floodwaters in Kraemer, Louisiana, on Monday.
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Residents wave at a US Coast Guard helicopter while waiting to be rescued from their flooded home in LaPlace on Monday.
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Theophilus Charles sits inside his damaged home in Houma on Monday.
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A highway is flooded near LaPlace on Monday.
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Residents are rescued from floodwaters in LaPlace on Monday.
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A damaged historic building lies in ruins in New Orleans' Central Business District on Monday.
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A barge damages a bridge connecting Lafitte and Jean Lafitte, Louisiana, on Monday.
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Marquita Jenkins stands in the ruins of her hair salon in LaPlace on Monday.
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A destroyed car is seen Monday after an apartment building burned overnight in Kenner, Louisiana.
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A resident walks through floodwaters in LaPlace on Monday.
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Siblings watch men assess damage outside a hotel in Houma on Monday.
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A woman pushes a stroller past a boarded-up building in the French Quarter of New Orleans on Monday.
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A downed tree lies on a house in New Orleans on Monday.
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Members of the Louisiana National Guard help with recovery efforts in New Orleans on Monday.
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A man looks up next to a section of roof that was ripped off a building in the French Quarter of New Orleans on Monday.
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Lights from a TV broadcast illuminate an otherwise dark Bourbon Street in New Orleans on Monday.
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Montegut Fire Chief Toby Henry walks back to his fire truck in the rain as firefighters cut through trees on the road in Bourg, Louisiana, on Sunday, August 29.
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Firefighters cut through downed trees on a road in Bourg on Sunday.
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Barges are seen docked on the Mississippi River as Hurricane Ida hit Destrehan, Louisiana, on Sunday.
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People walk through the French Quarter in New Orleans on Sunday.
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European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet took this photo of Hurricane Ida from the International Space Station on Sunday.
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The Royal Dutch Shell refinery in Norco is seen as Hurricane Ida made landfall on Sunday. More than 95% of the Gulf of Mexico's oil production facilities have been shut down, regulators said, indicating the storm's significant impact on energy supply.
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People work inside the Federal Emergency Management Agency's headquarters in Washington, DC, on Sunday.
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A cyclist wears a face mask while riding through the rain and high winds in New Orleans on Sunday.
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Firefighters look out the window of a shelter in Bourg on Sunday.
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Storm clouds pass over a cemetery in New Orleans on Sunday.
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LaKeisha Verdin holds her 3-month-old son, Kevin, as she walks onto the front porch where her family was watching weather updates on the local news in Houma.
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A news crew reports from the edge of Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans on Sunday.
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Wind blows Monroe Best's hair and face mask Sunday in New Orleans.
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New Orleans' Bourbon Street is nearly empty on Sunday.
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A vehicle is abandoned in a flooded ditch next to a highway in Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi.
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A man carrying his belongings walks past a sign outside the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans on Sunday.
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A wall of rain moves over downtown New Orleans on Sunday.
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The Boudreaux family sits on their front porch Sunday as they await the arrival of Hurricane Ida.
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A man walks along the Mississippi River near the French Quarter in New Orleans early Sunday.
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People stand in line at the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport on Saturday, August 28. Many residents were evacuating the area ahead of Hurricane Ida.
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Crews reopen a flood gate to help trapped motorists who missed a closure deadline on Saturday.
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Keith Clark brings a rope to a friend to help tie down a houseboat before he evacuated Jean Lafitte on Saturday.
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Nikeia Washington holds her granddaughter, Halia Zenon, at a hotel in downtown Shreveport, Louisiana, where they evacuated ahead of the storm.
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People walk down Bourbon Street in New Orleans on Saturday. Evacuation was voluntary for parts of the city inside its flood protection system. Other areas were under a mandatory evacuation order.
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Larry Ackman, bottom, helps neighbor Mike Jackson, left, and his son Cody board up windows Saturday in Morgan City, Louisiana.
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Traffic moves slowly Saturday along Interstate 10 West in Vinton, Louisiana.
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A man drives a tractor through a flooded street Saturday in Guanimar, Cuba. Before entering the Gulf, Ida made landfall twice over Cuba as a Category 1 hurricane.
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US President Joe Biden speaks during a FEMA briefing on Saturday. "This weekend is the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina," Biden said, "and it's a stark reminder that we have to do everything we can to prepare the people in the region to make sure we're ready to respond."
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Dawn breaks over a Hurricane Katrina memorial at Shell Beach in St. Bernard, Louisiana, on Saturday. Katrina made landfall on August 29, 2005.
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Clare and Joe Cermak work on putting storm shutters up on their home in Louisiana's St. Charles Parish on Saturday.
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Highway traffic moves slowly near Kenner on Saturday as many residents fled the Louisiana city.
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Gregory Moore, left, helps fill sand bags as residents in Gulfport, Mississippi, prepared for the storm on Saturday.
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John Guenther unloads about 400 crab traps that he had to pull out of the water near his home in the eastern St. Bernard Parish on August 27.
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Jennifer Tate fuels up a gas can August 27 in Pass Christian, Mississippi.
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Workers stack bags of ice into a gas station freezer in Jefferson, Louisiana, on August 27.
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A resident hammers the shutters of a 100-year-old house in New Orleans on August 27.
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As of Saturday morning, more than 700,000 homes and businesses in Louisiana were without power, according to PowerOutage.US.
And high temperatures will be in the high 80s or low 90s in southeast Louisiana and southern Mississippi on Saturday, with the heat index -- what the temperature feels like with humidity and other factors -- generally in the mid-90s, the forecasters said.
This story has been updated with additional information.
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