2 dead in New Jersey after flood waters carry away vehicle during heavy rains that hit Northeast

NEW YORK AP Two people in New Jersey were killed after their automobile was swept up in flood waters during a storm that moved across the U S Northeast overnight personnel commented Tuesday Gov Phil Murphy a Democrat noted the deaths occurred in the northern New Jersey city of Plainfield where there were two storm-related deaths July A third person was killed in North Plainfield during that previous storm We re not unique but we re in one of these sort of high humidity high temperature high storm intensity patterns right now Murphy stated reporters after touring storm damage in Berkeley Heights Everybody demands to stay alert The names of the two latest casualties were not without delay circulated Tuesday Heavy rains moved through the Northeast on Monday night into early Tuesday causing flash flooding Video posted on social media appeared to show water flooding down into a Manhattan subway station submerging the platform while passengers inside a train watch Another photo appears to show passengers standing on a train s seats to avoid the water beginning to soak the floor Janno Lieber chair and CEO of the Metropolitan Transit Authority notified ABC in New York the city s sewer system got overwhelmed by the rain and backed up into the subway tunnels and to the stations In several cases he noted the backup popped a manhole creating the dramatic geyser seen in certain videos What happened last night is something that is you know a reality in our system he notified the TV station noting the backup happens when more than inches of rain falls in an hour We ve been working with the city of New York to try to get them to increase the maximum of the system at these key locations Lieber declared there was now full subway function as well as full Long Island Railroad and Metro North commuter rail organization after hundreds of people worked overnight to restore operations Chosen roads remained closed in sections of New Jersey and dozens of flights were delayed or canceled at area airports Tuesday including total cancelations at Newark Liberty Airport according to FlightAware statistics Majority flash flood watches and warnings had expired in parts of New Jersey New York and Pennsylvania as the rain moved on In one flooded North Plainfield New Jersey neighborhood a house caught on fire and collapsed possibly due to an explosion not long after the family inside had evacuated functionaries stated No injuries were released