River flood warnings, highway closures persist after heavy rain soaks NJ
Gov. Phil Murphy declared a state of emergency as the storm persisted and roads closed due to flooding.
Flooding was particularly high in Central Jersey along the Route 22 corridor in Watchung, Plainfield, North Plainfield and Somerville.
Route 22 remained closed in North Plainfield on Tuesday morning, as was Route 28 in Middlesex.
Statewide, rain totals ranged from .11 inches in Hamilton, Mercer County to 6.64 inches in Clark and 6.24 inches in Westfield. In North Plainfield, where 5.94 inches of rain fell, an overnight explosion destroyed a single-family home, but no injuries were reported.
Rain totals in Bergen County ranged from .86 inches in Fair Lawn to 3.73 inches in Franklin Lakes. Morris County totals ranged from half an inch in Boonton to 3.71 inches in Chatham. In Passaic County, flood-prone Little Falls received only about 1 inch of rain, while totals exceeded 2 inches in Wayne. Sussex County fared better, where all town totals were less than 2 inches.
In Scotch Plains in Union County, video captured a dramatic rescue of a driver trapped in a flooded intersection of Mountain Avenue and Park Avenue, where a NJ Transit bus and Yankee bus were also stranded.
Tuesday morning, emergency responders continued to mitigate flood sites. Rail service on the New Jersey Coast Line was experiencing delays due to weather-related wire issues, but no other rail delays were reported. NJ Transit reported weather-related delays on Monday night.
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Videos of flooded roadways from the New Jersey Turnpike to Route 208 to main streets flooded social media as motorists needed to be rescued from the fast-rising waters.
New York also experienced flash floods Monday night, flooding city subways and flooding roads in Westchester County.
This article originally appeared on NorthJersey.com: Flood warning remains in place as NJ recovers from Monday's storm
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