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Henley Avenue, New Milford (Bill Hutch / CLIFFVIEWPILOT.COM)
UPDATE (11 a.m. TUES., Aug. 30: Electricity has been restored throughout most of New Milford. Oradell Avenue and New Milford Avenue, along with River Edge Avenue and New Bridge Road, are open — as are Holland, Lenox, and Washington avenues and River Road, Police Chief Frank Papapietro reports. Columbia and Harvard streets are open but with minor flooding, he said.
New Bridge Road remained the only river crossing into early evening Monday out of New Milford, where much of the borough remained without power.
As expected, River Edge Road is still closed, as is Columbia Street, New Milford Avenue and Oradell Avenue.
New Milford police and fire department boats, as well as craft from the Oradell, River Edge and Leonia fire departments were out much of Sunday in flood-prone areas, as the water began rising.
UPDATE: Bergen County sustained $20 million in flood damage that will be covered by federal disaster funds, county officials said today. “We’re ahead of this. The worst is over,” County Emergency Management Coordinator Dwane Razzetti reassured a countywide conference call of local officials anxious about more Passaic River flooding. Executive Kathleen Donovan also corrected “pure sensationalism” media reports. READ MORE…
Although a final count isn’t available, the rescuers helped more than 200 people get out during a six-hour operation.
Among them were pets, the sick and the elderly, Papapietro said.
The rescuers had a lot of water to cover: Columbia, Harvard and Pine streets were flooded, as were Holland and Lenox avenues, in addition to the north section of River Road.
Henley Avenue, west of River Road, was also heavily flooded, affecting businesses and a PSE&G substation that remains closed today.
“Most residents found their own shelter and some utilized the Bergen Community College shelter set up by Bergen County OEM and the RED Cross,” Papapietro said. “There were no reported injuries during the rescue and, thankfully, no fatalities.”
Borough building inspectors will be deployed starting tomorrow to determine the livability of the homes effected. FEMA will be deploying advance teams to the area within a few days.
MORE (CLICK ON HEADLINES TO READ):
Look out, Bergen: Flooding, outages will get worse
Sunday, 28 August 2011 20:57 Jerry DeMarco
CLIFFVIEW PILOT EXCLUSIVE REPORT: Massive power outages and flooding will likely continue past midnight tonight, as New York runoff swells the already overflowing Hackensack River, Pascack Brook and area reservoirs, making an already bad situation much worse, Bergen County leaders told mayors and other government officials during a 15-minute emergency conference call this afternoon.
Bergen towns without power, church flooded, Irene bolts
Sunday, 28 August 2011 13:23 Jerry DeMarco
CLIFFVIEW PILOT STORM COVERAGE: Tropical Storm Irene staggered toward Boston after leaving several North Jersey towns without power into the mid-afternoon, streets flooded with water up to five feet high and a torrent literally pouring up the aisle of St. John’s Church in Hillsdale. Bergen County police are setting up in Washington Township, where a CO leak sent two people to the hospital. Meanwhile, investigators are examing why a Hillsdale gas station nearly went up in flames, injuring two firefighters.
Washington Township officer, dispatcher hospitalized after CO release at HQ
Sunday, 28 August 2011 18:18 Jerry DeMarco
CLIFFVIEW PILOT HAS IT FIRST: Bergen County Police are establishing a command post at the Washington Township firehouse after a police sergeant and a firefighter working as a dispatcher were hospitalized following a buildup of carbon monoxide in a pooly ventilated room, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned.
Storm nearly kills cop
Sunday, 28 August 2011 13:48 Jerry DeMarco
ONLY ON CLIFFVIEW PILOT: A police officer headed down a dark street in his radio car cheated death — by an instant.
Hoboken after the flood: A picture show
Sunday, 28 August 2011 16:41 Jerry DeMarco
CLIFFVIEW PILOT has an amazing array of photos from FDU grad Jayme Lisiewski, who has been on top of the storm out of Hoboken since the first clouds rolled in. These include shots from Hoboken Terminal, Waterfront Park and several streets in town.
Arson squad at scene of Hillsdale gas station fire
Sunday, 28 August 2011 09:05 Jerry DeMarco
CLIFFVIEW PILOT HAS IT FIRST: Arson investigators were at the Valero gas station on Broadway in Hillsdale, where two local firefighters suffered minor injuries extinguishing a pre-dawn blaze while being pounded with rain and wind.
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