Flood — Hudson, New Jersey

2011-08-28 · near East Newark, Hudson, New Jersey

Event narrative

A 47-year-old man drowned when he tried to walk to safety after his car was disabled in flooding on Harrison Ave. in Kearny and plunged into a drainage canal obscured by the flood.

A 60 year old male in North Bergen, Hudson County, NJ died from a fall while cleaning out the gutters of his house.

Wider weather episode

Irene made landfall locally as a tropical storm around 900 am EDT August 28, 2011 over New York City. Irene then moved across Southeast New York and Western Connecticut before dissipating over Northern New England near the Canadian Border later that evening. Copious amounts of tropical moisture within the storm produced extended periods of heavy rainfall, which resulted in widespread moderate to major flooding across the area.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 351617. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.