Event narrative (NOAA)
In Monmouth County, flooding rains and winds damaged and or closed seventy-one roadways and bridges. Infrastructure damage alone was estimated near nine million dollars. Among the major roadways that were closed included U.S. Route 9 and New Jersey State Routes 33, 35, 36 and 79. In Middletown Township, a dam broke at the Swimming River Reservoir and flooded the southern part of the township around County Route 50. Elsewhere in the township, a bridge washed out at Hubbard Avenue over the Navesink River. In Allentown Borough, businesses located near Doctors Creek and Conines Millpond were damaged. In Matawan Borough, a huge thirty-five foot sinkhole forced the suspension of service along the New Jersey Transit North Jersey Coast Line. The Manasquan River at Squankum had major and record bre
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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.