NJ Transit also warned of major bus delays.
Service remained suspended at about 10 a.m. NJ Transit announced that all rail service, except the Atlantic City line, has been suspended due to the storm.
"It’s just beginning in Pequannock," Flood Control Advisory Committee member Nick DeStefano said. "Basically you have Pequannock Avenue at Roosevelt shutdown and probably within the next four-to-five hours you’re going to see a lot more flooding throughout the township." NJ Transit rail service suspended Watsessing Park near Glenwood Avenue was underwater. The mayor said the worst-hit areas were Newark and Glenwood avenues, Lackawanna Place and Charles Street. The flooding was reminiscent of Hurricane Irene in 2011 and Hurricane Floyd in 1999, both of which caused major damage to the downtown area.īloomfield Mayor Michael Venezia said between 70 to 70% of the homes in Bloomfield were flooded during the estimated 10 inches of rain the township got from Ida. The downtown was completely flooded, severely damaging businesses in the Millburn Avenue and Essex Street areas. Millburn Township Administrator Alex McDonald said the town experienced “some devastating flooding” Wednesday night. the Department of Public Works had a storm crew helping with cleanup efforts throughout town. Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck had some flooding near the emergency room and fallen trees led to a few power outages but as of 10 a.m. Lo Iacano also said the firehouse on Legion Place flooded. The water is drained but the building is filled with mud. He said the building received serious damage including a potential loss of desks and equipment. In North Arlington, the DPW building on Disposal Road took on 4 feet of water, said Borough Administrator Stephen Lo Iacano. Garfield lost a few police vehicles and the department of public works was flooded, said Mayor Richard Rigoglioso. "My neighbors had two to three feet of water," Clifton City Councilman Bill Gibson said. Urma Avenue in Clifton, which is adjacent to section of Garden State Parkway, frequently floods during torrential rains. What's happening on Thursday in North JerseyĪcross North Jersey, towns are attempting to work through damage caused by Ida. When visiting Newark Avenue, Bloomfield mayor Michael Venezia said there were at least 50 cars abandoned and in the middle of the street after people couldn’t drive anymore and that there are a “considerable amount” of cars abandoned throughout town. Videos on social media showed heavy flooding on the ground floor at Newark Liberty International Airport. The NWS reports the airport was hit with 3.24 inches of rain between 8 and 9 p.m. Limited flight schedules resumed shortly before midnight but the roadways in and out of the airport remained treacherous. The two people who attempted to help the woman also became trapped in the currents until first responders rescued them. Two bystanders attempted to help the woman before she succumbed to the flood waters that fed into Dowling Brook and, eventually, the Passaic River, Uzzalino said.
Tragedy struck in Woodland Park when a woman was swept away in flood waters on Lackawanna Avenue near Filippone Way after getting out of her car when it became trapped in the floods, according to acting police Chief John Uzzalino. The man’s identity has not been released. Thursday morning, around 7:12 a.m., a body was located on Ridgewood Road, he said. “Officers and Fire Rescue Personnel along with neighbors conducted a thorough check of the surrounding area and were unable to locate him due to dark and hazardous flood conditions,” DeVaul said. While the death of the 70-year-old man and missing man and woman, both presumed to be about 18 to 19 years old, loomed large over the city’s residents, Lora noted it was quick action from his first responders that saved 200 people who were trapped by rising tides from the Passaic River.Īround 9:30 p.m., police received a call from a Maple Terrace resident who stated her husband had not returned after going out in the storm, DeVaul stated. “We got word that all heck broke loose and wanted you to know we’re there for you,” Murphy told Lora, after the mayor thanked him for phoning Wednesday night during the height of the storm. The leaders passed piles of mud and rocks where large sections of asphalt were torn from the street by rushing flood waters. Paul Sarlo down Benson Avenue, where the two residents went missing. The governor walked side-by-side with Mayor Hector Lora, Council President and Assemblyman Gary Schaer, and Wood-Ridge mayor and state Sen. Phil Murphy visited Passaic Thursday evening, as its residents and officials deal with the rubble of Ida and reels from the death of a resident and two who are still missing after being washed away into a culvert by McDonalds Brook.
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