SUNDAY MORNING, COMING DOWN — Rain Falls, Hoboken Floods

(ABOVE: Photo by Sean Cercone ‏@seancercone via twitter)

Another “rain event” here in Hoboken yields another “flood event,” as the streets turn to rivers this morning.

Surprised this truck made it down 9th! #Hoboken #flood pic.twitter.com/xWSx8uBiMz

— Emily Jabbour (@HobokenEmily) January 10, 2016

 

The flooding was localized in the back of town, where it’s an all-too-common occurrence.

There’s #flooding on Madison Street near #ShopRite in #Hoboken. pic.twitter.com/IAycmZ7x9J — FiOS1 New Jersey (@FiOS1NewsNJ) January 10, 2016

Flooding in @hoboken. not worst we’ve seen.. But pretty messy! be careful. Check on ur car if parked in Flood area pic.twitter.com/zMThyFW2Fi

— Marci Rubin (@MarciRubinN12) January 10, 2016

The City of Hoboken is in the midst of implementing flood mitigation programs, including a pump that targets the back of town and the over-arching Rebuild By Design plan.

Rain gardens under construction around #Hoboken City Hall, part of @rebuildbydesign flood resiliency plan pic.twitter.com/XVaJayCL0E — City of Hoboken (@CityofHoboken) January 8, 2016