Floods, Outages In Essex County: Newark Airport, NJ Transit Hit – Newark, NJ Patch
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Several parts of Essex County – including Newark Airport and multiple NJ Transit train lines – were affected by last night’s heavy rainstorm, which caused flooding throughout the area.
According to the National Weather Service, some parts of the county saw nearly two inches of rainfall during the storm. Essex County wasn’t the only place in New Jersey to take a beating (see additional state coverage).
On Monday night, Port Authority officials reported that severe thunderstorms impacted flight activity at Newark Airport. Airport authorities said travel disruptions were expected to continue into the evening.
Severe thunderstorms impacting
#EWR flight activity. Air traffic arriving at #EWR may experience delays. Disruptions expected into the evening so confirm flight status with your airline before arriving at #Newark. pic.twitter.com/udwnn5ezsx
— Newark Liberty Airport (@EWRairport) July 23, 2019
The bad weather also impacted train service in the county, according to NJ Transit.
“Morris and Essex, Gladstone and Montclair Boonton Line train service is subject to up to 20-minute delays in both directions due to signal issues as a result of weather-related conditions,” NJ Transit tweeted early Tuesday morning.
Morris and Essex, Gladstone and Montclair Boonton Line train service is subject to up to 20-min delays in both directions due to signal issues as a result of weather related conditions.
— NJ TRANSIT (@NJTRANSIT)
POWER OUTAGES
As of Tuesday morning, there were 274 customers without electricity in Essex County, according to poweroutage.us.
In Glen Ridge, power was knocked out throughout the town on Monday, but was restored that afternoon, authorities said.
“Please contact the police department at 973-748-5400 if you are still without power,” authorities stated.
FLOODING
The storm caused flooding in multiple Essex County cities and towns, authorities reported.
On Monday night, Newark city officials said that the storm resulted in “extensive flooding” on several streets, knocking out some traffic signals. Police officers were on scene directing traffic in the affected areas.
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Several people posted footage of flooding in Newark (see below videos). Flooding was also seen in Fairfield, authorities reported Monday.
“There are traffic lights and flooded roadways throughout Fairfield,” town officials stated at 5:32 p.m. “Use caution when driving!”
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