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Coastal Flood — Eastern Bergen, New Jersey
October 29, 2012 · NOAA Storm Events record
Event narrative (NOAA)
Communities along the Hackensack River experienced two successive tidal cycles with at least moderate coastal flooding. The peak of this surge occurred Monday Night as Sandy made landfall in Southern New Jersey, with widespread moderate to areas of major coastal flooding along the Hackensack River.||Peak storm tides surpassed all previously documented high water marks, including the October 31, 1991 and December 11, 1992 nor'easters and the recorded peak surge from Hurricane Irene in 2011.||The most widespread damage occurred in the towns of Moonachie, Little Ferry, and Carlstadt, which were inundated with 4 to 5 feet of water as the surge up the Hackensack River Monday Night over topped the protective levees. This affected about 2000 residents in this area with approximately 200 residents
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.