New Jersey flash flood blamed for at least 2 deaths
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Lubia Estevez and Forest Whitlock, both women in their 60s, died Monday night when they were traveling during an intense storm and their car ended up in a ditch before being washed away. Their families are now sharing the kind of people they were.
The piles of destroyed belongings continue to grow in North Plainfield, where many are cleaning up for the second time in less than four years after Hurricane Ida. CBS News New York's Vanessa Murdock reports.
New Jersey faces a major cleanup effort after this week's flash floods swept through Union and Somerset counties.
Severe storms brought flooding to New Jersey and Pennsylvania, resulting in two deaths, a house fire, and over 100 flight cancelations at Newark Airport.
Atlantic, Hill Country, Texas, central Florida, southern Arizona, and the Upper Midwest are at risk for more flooding rainfall on Tuesday.
Wycliffe Oloo, Watchung resident, walks past his flooded car in the aftermath of flash flooding on Somerset Street in North Plainfield on Tuesday, July 15, 2025. Oloo was caught in his caught during the flash flood.
The two women were in their car on the road when it was swept into the Cedar Brook during the height of the storm.