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Flooding Closes Major Roadways Across NJ, Rescues Under Way (UPDATE) Flooding Closes Major Roadways Across NJ, Rescues Under Way (UPDATE)
Flooding Closes Major Roadways Across NJ, Rescues Under Way (Update) Heavy rain on Friday, Sept. 29 closed major roadways across New Jersey. Gov. Phil Murphy declared a State of Emergency in the late afternoon, as rain continued falling, leaving drivers trapped in flood waters across the state. Dunderhook Road at Paramus Road in Paramus remained closed due to flooding, leading the borough's Office of Emergency Management to urge an evacuation of the area late Friday afternoon. Meanwhile, a crew used a backhoe and a long stick to try and clear branches, leaves and other debris from a Saddle River tributary that runs beneath the road. Dunderhook Road at …

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by Jerry DeMarco & Cecilia Levine
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2 Burn Victims Airlifted, 3 Firefighters Hurt In Toms River Blaze: Police 2 Burn Victims Airlifted, 3 Firefighters Hurt In Toms River Blaze: Police
2 Burn Victims Airlifted, 3 Firefighters Hurt In Toms River Blaze: Police Two fire victims had to be airlifted to Barnabas Burn Center in Livingston during a fire in Toms River, authorities said. Three firefighters and one police officer received treatment for minor injuries sustained during the fire.  On Sunday, March 20, at approximately 9:45 p.m. multiple police units, fire companies, and EMTs crews were dispatched to Mt. Everest Lane for a reported structure fire, police said. First responders located two victims with severe burns unconscious inside the residence.  When leaving the house fire on Mt. Everest Lane, a patrol officer was dri…

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by Jon Craig