NJ towns, cities battle increasing bouts of heavy flooding

New Jersey is getting very sudden, heavy rainfalls that often overwhelm existing infrastructure not built to handle them. In some towns in the northern part of the state, more than 4 inches of rain per hour inundated homes and businesses during this past weekend’s storms. It’s a shift in rainfall patterns, said Allison McLeod, policy director with the League of Conservation Voters.

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[mvl]

Well said, build on every square inch and the water has no way to soak into the ground.

[SamMcKinley]

Taxes and insurance premiums will increase. Towns may eventually be abandoned

[PeaPodTheSquirrel]

JUST GIVE THEM MORE MONEY! Question nothing! "Idiocracy" is a great movie, but it wasn't meant to be a documentary! Mayor of Tenafly lies saying "We are getting 50 & 100 year storms CONSTANTLY Now" LOL Money

[mariobianchi]

Se il Padre si adira davvero, che mai pensate di poter fare, Uomini? Non vi resta che pregare.