Dozens rescued, 15 homes evacuated after flooding in Burlington County
EDGEWATER PARK, New Jersey (WPVI) -- The severe weather that swept through the region on Tuesday night hit Burlington County, New Jersey, particularly hard.
A total of 77 people had to be rescued throughout the county, officials said.
In the Silver Park West community of Edgewater Park, 15 homes had to be evacuated due to rising flood waters, but no injuries have been reported.
Water could be seen up to the wheel wells of some vehicles parked there.
Betty Kaiser was taken by boat from her home on Forrestal Drive as the water quickly rose. Hers was one of the evacuated homes.
"I looked out and all I could see everywhere was water," said Kaiser. "It was like I lived in the middle of a lake. It was terrible."
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She's thankful the water only crept into her garage and enclosed porch.
"It was very scary. You just can't fathom that. I was horrified by what I saw down south, but then I was living that," she said.
Public works crews have been out in Edgewater Park. A pump is working to drain some of the water from this area.
In Riverside, debris covered the parking lot of an apartment complex on Wednesday afternoon. Viewer video showed water halfway up the sides of cars at The Mill at Riverside on Tuesday night.
The rain also crept into the building.
"When I got here it was up to the seats of my car," said Rachel De Silva, of Riverside.
Residents say this also happened two years ago.
The owner of the complex says he is working with the township to come up with a solution, and says the drains had been inspected as recently as a month ago.
Tenants here spent the day calling their insurance companies and throwing things out.
"The damage today is everything in the garage and then my mom's car," said Brian Baines. When asked how he was feeling, he said, "Annoyed."
Meanwhile, in Cinnaminson, a jackknifed tractor-trailer shut down Route 130 after slamming into a pole.
Some of the wires fell to the ground while others hung dangerously low above the highway near Taylor's Lane.
It's still unclear if the weather played a role here, but it was raining hard just before the crash.
With more rain in the forecast, residents are bracing themselves for more of this as the week goes on and as the remnants of Debby approach.
