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Coastal Flood — Eastern Essex, New Jersey
October 29, 2012 · NOAA Storm Events record
Event narrative (NOAA)
Widespread major coastal flooding occurred along Newark Bay, with moderate coastal flooding along the Passaic River, as peak storm tides in New York Harbor surpassed all previously documented high water marks, including the October 31, 1991 and December 11, 1992 nor'easters and the recorded peak from Hurricane Irene in 2011.||Up to 3 to 6 feet of inundation was experienced across the Newark Port System along Newark Bay. The inundation generally extended about 2 miles inland past the New Jersey Turnpike to US 1 & 9, while a few feet of inundation occurred 12 miles inland along the Passaic River. ||This inundation caused major damage to the Newark Port System, which was disrupted for a week to repair road and rail ways, hundreds of displaced shipping containers, damaged electrical systems an
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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.