The bodies of five people were found in Elizabeth, N.J., a city spokeswoman said Thursday morning, bringing the death toll in the region from Wednesday’s floods to 14. The dead, including two men and two women, were found at the Oakwood Plaza apartment complex across the street from a flooded firehouse in Elizabeth, New Jersey’s fourth-largest city, said Kelly Martins, the city’s spokeswoman. Another eight people are known to have died in New York City, and one man was found dead in Passaic, N.J., after being trapped in a car in the rising floodwaters, Mayor Hector C. Lora said. The New York City victims, whose names were not released, were found at homes in Queens and Brooklyn, and ranged in age from 2 to 86, the police said. Official causes of death will be determined later by the city’s medical examiner, the department said.

Source: International New York Times September 02, 2021 08:52 UTC