Event narrative (NOAA)
In Somerset County, the flooding was the worst since the remnants of Hurricane Floyd in September of 1999. About 1,600 people were evacuated with Bound Brook, Manville and Somerville among the hardest hit municipalities.|In Bound Brook Borough, about 1,100 homes were evacuated. The downtown Main Street area was hit the hardest, but homes and businesses were also flooded on Talmage Street, Mountain Avenue, Fisher Road, Fairview, Drake and Linden Avenues and Second Street south to the Raritan River. Schools and churches were used as shelters. About 600 people were still in shelters as of April 27th. National Guard troops were mobilized as 300 people were rescued from flood waters. Flood waters reached up to 7 feet on Main Street and flooded many businesses. The historic Brooks Art Center The
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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.