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Flooding
NJ towns, cities battle increasing bouts of heavy flooding
Most existing infrastructure is not built to handle shifting rainfall patterns
BRENDA FLANAGAN / NJ SPOTLIGHT NEWS – New Jersey is getting very sudden, heavy rainfalls that often overwhelm existing infrastructure not built to handle them. In some towns in the northern part of the state, more than 4 inches of rain per hour inundated homes and businesses during this past weekend’s storms …
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