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Continued flooding is expected along the Jersey shore and other tidal areas due to a damaging nor’easter as another high tide coincides with strong winds and storm surges.
The storm that lashed the New Jersey coast over the weekend with rain, elevated tides and high winds caused widespread flooding Sunday and Monday, closing roads and forcing New Jersey Transit coastal rail service to pause until storm conditions ceased.
Route 35 in Belmar between 16th Avenue and Route 71 was closed Monday afternoon, according to Belmar police.
The East End Bridge in Neptune was also closed in both directions Monday due to flooding, the Neptune Township Office of Emergency Management said in a social media post.
South Riverside Drive, South Concourse, West Concourse and all intersections were closed as well, Neptune authorities said.
The roads were expected to be closed until at least 4 p.m. when high tide is expected to recede, officials said.
In Cape May County where some of the storm’s worst flooding happened, authorities in Avalon were expecting Monday afternoon’s high tide to eclipse 8 feet, higher than Hurricane Erin’s high tidal flooding in August.
The borough of Avalon published a flood map of the island for residents to see which areas of the town were most at risk.
Officials in Ocean City anticipated similarly high tides, exceeding those seen during Hurricane Erin, but on Monday afternoon mayor Jay Gillian said in a social media post that high tide had not been as severe as expected.
Gillian added that streets were still flooded and cautioned residents to stay home and not travel if possible.
Wildwood police said multiple roads were closed Monday afternoon due to tidal flooding.
In Berkeley Township, police said to avoid Bayview Avenue from Butler Boulevard to Allen Road and Bowsprit Drive to Ocean Gate Border because of flooding.
Hight tide in Berkeley Township wasn’t expected to peak until 5:30 p.m.
Authorities in Lacey Township said they were monitoring the storm for impacts to the area and taking preventative measures.
“Tides in our area are rising quickly, which has forced us to barricade roadways that are currently impassible,” authorities said in a social media post Monday.
In Monmouth County, Rumson police issued an alert to residents Monday afternoon to avoid walking in flood waters after receiving reports of down electrical wires.
In Atlantic County Monday morning, all lanes on the Black Horse Pike (Route 40) in Egg Harbor Township, in both directions, were closed west of the Atlantic City Expressway.
Flooding on the White Horse Pike closed the road in both directions from Illinois Avenue in Absecon to west of the AC Expressway and Indiana Avenue in Atlantic City as well.
Major flooding hit sections of Atlantic City Monday morning and along the Barnegat Bay in Barnegat Light and the Great Egg Harbor Bay in Ocean City, the National Weather Service said.
Atlantic City’s Department of Human Services opened a temporary shelter at the Atlantic City Convention Center for about 140 people, most of them unhoused, on Saturday, officials said.
The shelter is expected to remain open until at least 8 a.m. Tuesday and provides meals as well, officials said.
Winds shifted Monday afternoon from northeasterly to northerly, and possibly northwesterly in the later afternoon, easing the pressure on tidal waters, but not eliminating tidal flooding altogether, officials from Avalon said.
Wind gusts along the Jersey shore ranged between 40 mph and 60 mph. Avalon saw the highest wind gust of 60 mph while Atlantic City registered 56 mph gusts, according to the National Weather Service.
Coastal flood warnings along the Jersey Shore remain in effect until 8 p.m.
Officials warn motorists not to drive on water covered roads, even though they might not be blocked off.
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