Flooding Continues In Parts Of Garden State
Forecasters said minor to moderate flooding will continue along the Passaic River at Pine Brook and Little Falls and the Rockaway River at Boonton until they begin to recede Tuesday.
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Forecasters said minor to moderate flooding will continue along the Passaic River at Pine Brook and Little Falls and the Rockaway River at Boonton until they begin to recede Tuesday.
Contractors hit the streets Wednesday in Little Falls to begin accessing the cost of the cleanup. For many families, their pre-damage assessments are the first step in receiving much needed financial aid.
Many roads in flood-struck areas were expected to remain closed until sometime Monday or even Tuesday.
It was a week that had area residents dealing with rain-swollen waterways and flooded homes, featured controversy over Homeland Security hearings and more bad news for the Broadway's Spider-Man production.
Rain-swollen waterways in northern New Jersey were slowly receding Sunday after cresting overnight, causing fewer evacuations than expected but still flooding roadways around in the region.
Hundreds of people remained out of their homes Saturday as major flooding continued along the Passaic and Raritan rivers in New Jersey.
Flooded rivers in the Tri-State Area forced road closures and evacuations from New Jersey to Westchester County on Friday, and residents were left waiting to see how bad the damage would be once the rivers crest.
Heavy rains drenched already flood-weary communities in New Jersey on Thursday, forcing thousands of residents to prepare for disaster.
Westchester County residents in flood-prone areas know all too well what storms like this may bring and fear the worst. Flood watches are in effect for the entire area and will remain so until Friday afternoon.
Flood watches are in effect across much of Connecticut and the Northeast as rain moves in and threatens to raise already swollen waterways out of their banks.
Thousands of residents in flood-prone neighborhoods across New Jersey were bracing themselves for additional rain headed into the area.
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie received an unusually warm reception at a town hall meeting Wednesday -- warm enough to make him blush.
In Connecticut, Metro-North said it will take at least two weeks to replace the support under train tracks on the Danbury Line.
Forecasters said between one and three inches of rain could soak the state Thursday and flooding could continue into Friday evening.
The rain moved out Monday morning but it left its mark across the Tri-State.
The National Weather Service issued areal flood warnings for counties throughout the Tri-State. These alerts are issued when flooding is either occurring or is imminent.
The high winds slowly diminished and temperatures started to tumble as Friday night turned into Saturday. Earlier in the day, the Tri-State Area was hammered by heavy rain and wind gusts up to 60 mph.
A panel has called for a moratorium on new construction in the basin's flood plains, which span the eastern Highlands region, Pompton Valley and the Watchung Mountains.
It's an unsavory topic and parents, on the whole, didn't want to discuss it. Some questioned how big a deal this is.
Fire officials are still investigating a water main break that happened Saturday evening in Midtown Manhattan.
The ferociousness of Monday's storm was evident on the sidewalks outside and inside Brooklyn's PS 9 in Prospect Heights, where flooding evicted kids from their classrooms.
The rainstorms that caused flooding up and down the East Coast in recent days have claimed another life -- this time in New York.
Crews went back to work Saturday to chop up trees and clear away debris and downed power lines.
Friday morning's storm caused travel troubles on roads and highways for commuters throughout the tri-state.
It's a true case of the "calm before the storm" in New Jersey, where residents are preparing for the remnants of Tropical Storm Nicole to wreak havoc on the tri-state.
