New Jersey flash flood blamed for at least 2 deaths
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Police say 60-year-old Lubia Estevez, a food services cashier at Plainfield High School, was one of two people killed during Monday's intense storms.
A bus passenger in the northeast U.S. state of New Jersey on Monday (July 14) captured dramatic footage of severe flooding on the streets of the town of Guttenberg. Video from the eyewitness, who was on a public bus in the Edgewater neighborhood, showed cars plowing through heavily flooded streets, as water also flowed into her bus.
Footage shows wooden slats from the home on the ground with other debris. The blast took place around the same time heavy rainfall hit the northeast.
Record-breaking storms unleashed up to 6.67 inches of rain in New Jersey, causing two deaths and widespread disruptions.
Heavy thunderstorms could dump 2 to 4 inches of rain in parts of New Jersey on Wednesday afternoon and evening.
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New Jersey environmental regulators are amending a proposal that has faced harsh criticism from builders and the business community.
The heat advisory includes parts of Delaware, Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut and New Jersey, where two people died in flooding.