Passaic County

Zariq T. Hewitt was charged on Sept. 3 for the incident at a 2019 house party.

The Passaic Valley Water Commission is pumping 52 million gallons of water from the New Street Reservoir and then will flush contaminated water out of the system.

According to the Passaic County Prosecutor's Office, witnesses told authorities that Narciso Alejandro caused the injuries to the infant at a residence in Paterson in August.

FIve people were found dead at the Oakwood Plaza Apartments in Elizabeth in one incident while three people drowned in Hillsborough in separate incidents.

As the storm's death toll continues to rise, communities are identifying and mourning those found in at least eight counties of New Jersey.

Nidhi Rana, 18, and Ayush Rana, 21, were last seen around 9:30 p.m. on Sept. 1 when their car began floating toward a spot where the water flows underground toward the Passaic River.

The female and male were recovered about a day apart, according to the Mayor of Passaic, which has been searching for two young residents missing since last week's devastating flooding.

A physical return to classrooms since the pandemic hit was dashed in some school districts, by damage to buildings and buses during the severe storm that wrapped August.

Rescue workers resumed the search for two friends whose car was caught up in the floodwaters.

President Joe Biden will visit Manville, N.J., on Tuesday after the declaring the damage from South to North Jersey a major disaster.