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A new report says NJ Transit was warned about flooding in its northern New Jersey rail yards months before Superstorm Sandy struck.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency says that data gathered before Superstorm Sandy shows that New Jersey's coastal flood risk is worse than previously believed.

In some areas of the state homes are damaged or destroyed after every major storm. They're often rebuilt in part with the use of tax dollars, both state and federal.

In the Garden State, a new slogan emerging could be, "If we build it, another storm will knock it down."

Some parts of the Garden State may get pounded with more heavy rains today, which could lead to more localized flash flooding.

Heavy rains on Monday afternoon caused flooding in areas of Monmouth and Ocean counties.

Authorities closed the Bergen County Courthouse on Monday afternoon after a drug court defendant allegedly kicked and damaged a water pipe, spurring flooding that injured two people.

With parts of New Jersey experiencing so-called "hundred year floods" on an annual basis for the past 3 years, legislators are introducing a measure they say will develop short term relief and long term solutions.

Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Bob Martin met today with mayors and other elected officials to give them an update on the state’s efforts to mitigate the impacts of flooding in the Passaic River Basin. Martin told the officials that 540 residential properties, representing $121 million in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grant commitments, have been approved for buy-

A new report says a much-criticized dam and floodgate system in northern New Jersey isn't responsible for massive flooding that has occurred downstream over the last two years.