Call 18003419716. Drivers trapped with water up to the windows, property damaged, people stuck at work, and a freak storm causes flash flooding in new jersey, and tonight, traffic is still affected. Good evening. Im kristine johnson. Maurice is off tonight, and cbs 2s Tracee Carrasco is following this developing story, and she is live in scotchplains, where the cleanup is now underway. Tracee . What do you have . Reporter kristine, westbound traffic opened up a little bit ago, but eastbound, its still shut down. Behind me, you can see the crews are still cleaning up that side of the highway. A few hours ago, this whole area that i am standing in was completely under water, and many say the afternoons flash flooding caught them offguard. It came and went this afternoon, and it left cars stranded in the streets, areas completely flooded out. I have never seen anything like this before. Reporter theres the aftermath of an afternoon storm that set over union county, new jersey, for hours,
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