Flooding causes road closures and stranded vehicles in Jersey City, Jersey City NJ
Road ClosureHeavy flooding in Jersey City has caused multiple street closures. A school bus and other vehicles are stranded in flooded areas near Audrey Zapp Drive. Police are directing traffic away from flooded streets and have rescued people stranded at local businesses. Several manhole covers have been displaced by the flooding, and key intersections remain submerged. Efforts continue to manage traffic and assist stranded individuals.
Audio|Source: Jersey City Police
03:31
Transcript:
00:00
We're on Pacific in Johnston. We got a school bus that seems to be stuck in the water.
00:05
We're going to be rerouting everybody to go southbound on the Pacific. There's no way they can get through here.
00:15
Do you, T.D.
00:19
Water levels on Mercedes.
00:25
How's Angie you going on?
00:27
Just kind of wants to know what are the water levels on Marcellus?
00:33
Yeah, it's still backed up. It's halfway through Montgomery from Columbus still.
00:41
The water levels.
00:43
Is the water receding or it's still high?
00:47
Not negative. It's still flooded all the way almost until Montgomery from Columbus. I'm receiving that.
00:56
Oh, Lieutenant, I got it.
01:02
Any sports-page, you got a manhole that came up. It looks like two manhole covers came up.
01:08
Okay.
01:13
And, Lieutenant, just give me your rundown on everybody.
01:17
East 103 President is bringing paperwork to the county. They're at BCI right now.
01:22
East 203 is transporting appeal to the south. They're currently stuck on Cornelius.
01:27
East 303 is by Audrey Zav Drive blocking the entrance to the park. East 403 is by Pacific.
01:36
There's actually a school bus. They're off with stuck.
01:41
The 5 is at the area of 10th and Mammoth and ECTD is Montgomery and Racella.
01:51
To check the three car on Grand.
01:55
East 3,
01:59
East 3, East 303.
02:03
We're done by Jersey Logisat.
02:15
All right,
02:17
we send you.
02:21
Do you follow come to you?
02:25
What are you going to?
02:28
Yeah,
02:34
the vehicle's parking on a two pipe. Can I give you any jersey which one you said? I'm set.
02:43
All right, first before, have two more stranded in offense.
02:46
Okay,
02:52
two more stranded in the water?
02:56
They were strained at a business, so we grabbed us too.
03:01
We see.
03:04
Okay.
03:07
And I thought there was a unit off on Grand Street.
03:10
Which unit was at?
03:15
Peaceport, that was us on Grand Street, but we made our way over the Pacific and Johnson with a disabled post.
03:23
Hi, was Grand Street still flooded?
03:27
That's correct. We're trying to reroute everybody so that way they cannot take this intersection.
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Audrey Zapp Dr, Jersey City, NJ 07305
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