'Hurricane Ida has claimed the lives of four people, with more | WordNet

"Hurricane Ida has claimed the lives of four people, with more unaccounted for. The storm has now made its way to New York, where overnight flooding has plunged the city into chaos."

claim (sb's life | lives)
/kleɪm/

verb

[T] to cause somebody's death

unaccounted for
/ˌʌnəˈkaʊntɪd fɔːr/

adjective

[not before noun] a person/thing that is unaccounted for cannot be found and people do not know what has happened to them/it

plunge sb/sth into sth
/plʌndʒ/

phrasal verb

to make sb/sth experience something unpleasant