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The Raritan River near Bound Brook has already reached 25.78 feet, which is near the 28-foot flood stage. The river is not expected to crest until 6 p.m. Monday at 30.9 feet, about 12 feet less ...
After downtown Bound Brook was under 12 ft (3.7 m) of floodwaters, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection worked with the New York District of the Corps of Engineers to build the Green Brook Flood Control Project. The $110 million project was designed to withstand a 150-year flood.
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Watch out for winds, coastal flooding during NJ storm, Weather Service warns. Gannett. Mike Davis, Asbury Park Press. December 10, 2023 at 3:51 PM.
The Green Brook Flood Control Project is a flood control project in Somerset County in central New Jersey first proposed in the early 1970s in the wake of two major flooding events: a 1971 flood event and a major 1973 flood which ravaged the Green Brook and Raritan River basins, causing millions in property damage and several deaths in central New Jersey.
In nearby Bound Brook, a NJ Transit train was stuck in floodwaters. [39] Nearby in Newark, the city realized their wettest day on record with 8.41 in (214 mm) of rain pouring down. [40] Three tornadoes touched down in the state, which were all produced by the same supercell.
The Passaic River in Pine Brook was at 18.7 feet Monday morning. It is expected to reach 20.8 feet – above its minor flood threshold of 19 feet – on Tuesday evening. ... NJ flooding and ...
Record flooding in the aftermath of Hurricane Floyd in September 1999 (42.13 ft (12.84 m)) flood crest, 14 ft (4.3 m) above flood stage) caused renewed interest in a flood control project called the Green Brook Flood Control Project, which is designed to protect Bound Brook from a 150-year flood.