Tidal Surge Swamps New Jersey Towns

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

MOONACHIE, N.J. (AP) — Authorities in northern New Jersey say the body of an unidentified man has been pulled out of the Hackensack River, which overflowed its banks and swamped two towns.

The body was recovered Tuesday from the river in the city of Hackensack.

Superstorm Sandy triggered a tidal surge that sent the river and its tributaries overflowing its banks during the middle of the night.

The towns of Moonachie (moo-NAH'-kee) and Little Ferry just to the south of Hackensack both suffered heavy flooding. Rescues of stranded residents continued Tuesday afternoon.

Bergen County officials say flooding also occurred along the river in Hackensack but was less severe than downriver.

« »

Tidal Surge Swamps New Jersey Towns

Using garbage bags to keep her waist dry, Mary Ann Tobias, and Walter Chaney of Moonachie, N.J. walk from their flooded home in the Metropolitan Trailer Park in Moonachie, N.J. Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 in the wake of superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

This gallery appears with:

Tidal Surge Overruns 2 NJ Towns with Floodwaters

Tidal Surge Swamps New Jersey Towns

Andrea Grolon walks through waist-deep water in the Metropolitan Trailer Park in Moonachie, N.J. on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. Grolon, a resident of the trailer park, was wading through oil covered water to help others get to rescue vehicles in the wake of superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

This gallery appears with:

Tidal Surge Overruns 2 NJ Towns with Floodwaters

Tidal Surge Swamps New Jersey Towns

People and a dog ride on a National Guard vehicle after after being rescued from the Metropolitan Trailer Park in Moonachie, N.J., Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, in the wake of superstorm Sandy. Sandy arrived along the East Coast and morphed into a huge and problematic system, putting more than 7.5 million homes and businesses in the dark and causing a number of deaths. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

This gallery appears with:

Tidal Surge Overruns 2 NJ Towns with Floodwaters

Tidal Surge Swamps New Jersey Towns

With the aid of New Jersey State police, a man walks with his dog to a National Guard vehicle after leaving his flooded home at the Metropolitan Trailer Park in Moonachie, N.J., Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, in the wake of superstorm Sandy. Sandy arrived along the East Coast and morphed into a huge and problematic system, putting more than 7.5 million homes and businesses in the dark and causing a number of deaths. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

This gallery appears with:

Tidal Surge Overruns 2 NJ Towns with Floodwaters

Tidal Surge Swamps New Jersey Towns

A National Guard vehicle drives through the flooded Metropolitan Trailer Park in Moonachie, N.J., Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, in the wake of superstorm Sandy. Sandy arrived along the East Coast and morphed into a huge and problematic system, putting more than 7.5 million homes and businesses in the dark and causing a number of deaths. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

This gallery appears with:

Tidal Surge Overruns 2 NJ Towns with Floodwaters

Tidal Surge Swamps New Jersey Towns

Corrado DeArce, of Moonachie, N.J., rides on a front loader above floodwaters in the Metropolitan Trailer Park, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 in Monnachie, N.J., in the wake of superstorm Sandy. DeArce, a resident of the park, was helping friends and neighbors get out of their flooded homes. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

This gallery appears with:

Tidal Surge Overruns 2 NJ Towns with Floodwaters

Tidal Surge Swamps New Jersey Towns

This gallery appears with:

Tidal Surge Overruns 2 NJ Towns with Floodwaters

Tidal Surge Swamps New Jersey Towns

A woman is lifted into a National Guard vehicle after leaving her flooded home at the Metropolitan Trailer Park in Moonachie, N.J. Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, after supsterstorm Sandy. Sandy, which was downgraded from hurricane just before making landfall, caused multiple fatalities, halted mass transit and cut power to more than 6 million homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

This gallery appears with:

Tidal Surge Overruns 2 NJ Towns with Floodwaters

twitter facebook discuss email print share