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Gov. Phil Murphy confirmed that two women in Plainfield died Monday when they were trapped in their car as floodwaters from downpours surrounded that vehicle. The two women have not yet been identified. Plainfield officials say that two others died in a storm on July 3.
Heavy rains Monday triggered flash floods in multiple East Coast states, resulting in chaos on roads and transit systems and at least two fatalities in New Jersey.
They come in part because local officials and New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy seem willing to gamble that the worst climate projections won’t come to pass.
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Authorities say two people in New Jersey were killed after their vehicle was swept up in flood waters during a storm that moved across the U.S. Northeast overnight
Flooding was particularly high in Central Jersey along the Route 22 corridor in Watchung, Plainfield and North Plainfield.
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