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Heavy Rain Collapses Part of New Jersey Store Roof, Ending Heat Wave
Heavy rain Monday caused part of a BJ’s Wholesale Club roof in Ocean Township, New Jersey, to collapse, sending a shopper and goods through water. No injuries occurred despite two people briefly trapped in debris. The storms broke a heat wave that may have caused 29 deaths in the state.
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com reported. Two people were briefly trapped in debris but escaped, and no injuries were reported, according to the Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office. Flooding rains also hit parts of New York City and Philadelphia as storms moved through the region.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani warned about heatstroke Sunday and shared locations of pools and cooling centers. By Monday he urged people to leave basement apartments immediately if water began rising in their homes. Heavy rain stranded cars on flooded highways across northern New Jersey and sent water into businesses and at least one hospital.
The storms ended a heat wave that settled over much of the Northeast last week. LaGuardia Airport set a record high of 104 degrees Fahrenheit on Thursday. Low temperatures in many places barely dropped below 80 degrees, leaving residents without relief at night.
The temperature at LaGuardia hovered just below 70 degrees Monday with the rain. New Jersey officials are investigating at least 29 deaths last week that were possibly heat-related. The victims ranged in age from their 30s to their 80s and were found on streets or in homes without air conditioning, New Jersey Department of Health Commissioner Raynard Washington said.
About 400,000 people remained without power across the country Monday, most due to storm damage, according to poweroutage.com.
