{"id":7750,"date":"2026-07-06T12:27:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T19:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/flash-floods-hit-60-million-people-across-the-northeast\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T12:27:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T19:27:30","slug":"flash-floods-hit-60-million-people-across-the-northeast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/flash-floods-hit-60-million-people-across-the-northeast\/","title":{"rendered":"Flash Floods Hit 60 Million People Across the Northeast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L23b7c15hSQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>A dangerous flash flood emergency is unfolding across the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and southern New England today, putting nearly 60 million people at risk from Ohio to Massachusetts and Virginia.<br \/>\nNOAA has issued a Level 3 out of 4 flash flood risk for New York City, Long Island, coastal Connecticut, Rhode Island, and southeastern Massachusetts, with a broader Level 2 risk stretching from central Massachusetts through New York&#8217;s Lower Hudson Valley and down to western Pennsylvania.<br \/>\nIn New Jersey, a roof partially collapsed at a BJ&#8217;s Wholesale Club in Ocean Township due to severe flooding (no injuries reported), Route 38 in Cherry Hill became completely impassable, and Hudson County \u2014 including Hoboken and Jersey City \u2014 is under a flood watch through Tuesday morning, compounded by high tide. NJ Gov. Mikie Sherrill said weekend storms already knocked out power to nearly 300,000 customers, with wind gusts up to 80 mph toppling trees and power lines.<br \/>\nFlash flood warnings are also in effect for Brooklyn and Queens, and more than 2.5 million people in the Philadelphia area, where flooding has already hit neighborhoods like Lemon Hill Park.<br \/>\n\ud83c\udf27\ufe0f In this video:<\/p>\n<p>The scope of today&#8217;s flash flood emergency<br \/>\nWhat&#8217;s happening in New Jersey right now<br \/>\nImpacts across NYC, Long Island, and Philadelphia<br \/>\nWhat to do if you&#8217;re in an affected area<\/p>\n<p>Stay safe: never drive through flooded roadways, and follow local emergency alerts for updates.<br \/>\n#FlashFlood #NewJersey #Storms #WeatherNews #NYC #Philadelphia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A dangerous flash flood emergency is unfolding across the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and southern New England today, putting nearly<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7751,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lisa-cabrera"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/hqdefault-64.jpg?fit=480%2C360&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7750\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}