2 killed in New Jersey as flash floods, heavy rains sweep through Northeast

The torrential rains that inundated the New York City area left at least two people dead, as road closures and transit disruptions lingered across the region. More than 2 inches of rain fell on Central Park in the span of a single hour on Monday night, the second-wettest hour ever recorded in the city.A state of emergency was in effect in New Jersey, where Gov.

Phil Murphy said flooding in the suburb of Plainfield swept away a vehicle on Monday night, killing two people inside. The sprawling storms swelled waterways up and down the Eastern Seaboard, and forecasters warned that flooding was still possible from Washington, D.C., to the Carolinas. n18oc_world n18oc_crux