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Heavy RainPassaic, New Jersey

August 28, 2011 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
Area
Passaic

Event narrative (NOAA)

A 39-year-old male drowned while walking through a wooded path that connects Warren Hagstrom Blvd. to an athletic field in Wanaque when he fell into a sinkhole and was swept away into a nearby stream.

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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.

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