Two people died when flash floods struck New Jersey on Monday, submerging cars, flooding roadways and canceling flights.The victims were killed when their car was swept into Cedar Brook in Plainfield,

The flooding necessitated rescues, grounded planes, and submerged vehicles in waist-high water less than two weeks after flash floods in Texas killed more than 100 people, triggering concerns about the increasing number of flood fatalities in recent years because of heavier rainfall,

A state of emergency was declared in New Jersey after slow-moving thunderstorms unloaded a significant amount of rain, resulting in dangerous flash flooding across the Northeast into Monday night. At least 2 were killed.