Rains Bring Heavy Flooding

Heavy rain on top of melting snow inundated roads and waterways throughout South Jersey Thursday, causing stream flooding, road closures and forcing some residents to be evacuated from their homes in small boats.

Rescuers in Camden, N.J., were using boats to evacuate residents from a flooded neighborhood near 33rd Street and Westfield Avenue Thursday morning.

About 100 people were taken from flooded buildings, and another six were rescued from stalled cars, Fire Chief Joseph Marini said.

"In some low-lying areas, they had 5 or 6 feet of water in the streets," he said. "We had flooding of basements of occupied buildings, which in turn precipitated several natural gas leaks. It was a mess."

The National Weather Service issued flood warnings for much of the area. The Weather Service said the rain, which began late Wednesday afternoon, would taper off Thursday afternoon.

In Monmouth County, flooding was reported in Colts Neck, Marlboro, Aberdeen and Hazlet.

In Mercer County, flooding was creating problems on roads in Washington Township, Lawrence Township and West Windsor, N.J., In West Windsor, a downed tree and flooding combined to snarl traffic in the area of Route 1, and in Princeton Township numerous roads had to be closed due to standing water.

The Assunpink Creek in Trenton was projected to crest at 8 feet by noon, about a foot over its flood level. Minor to moderate flooding was also predicted for the Miry Run, Pond Run and Shabakunk creeks.

In Hunterdon and Somerset counties, Flemington, Manville, Millstone, Somerville and Whitehouse Station were under a flood warning until 4 p.m.

In Camden County, Berlin, Camden, Cherry Hill, Chesilhurst, Collingswood, Haddonfield, Lindenwold and Magnolia were all under a flood warning until 4:30 p.m. Heavy flooding was reported on Route 38 in Cherry Hill, and on Admiral Wilson Boulevard in Camden.

The Cooper River was expected to flood in Haddonfield by early afternoon, cresting at about 3.25 feet; its flood stage is 2.8 feet.

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