Two New Jersey towns declared water emergencies on Saturday to limit the use of 'non-essential' water for the time being.
Residents near the break tried to prevent flooding as best they could, but many couldn't prevent the rising nightmare from destroying property.
"I probably lost my washer, my dryer, my furnace, my hot water heater. I do construction, so I probably have a couple thousand dollars of tools that are in my basement under water," Rick Lever, who lives on Bloomfield Avenue, said Friday. Lever said that water in his basement and backyard had been rising every hour since Wednesday morning.
Newark says the main that broke is operated by the North Jersey District Water Supply Commission. The cause of the break is under investigation.and nearby communities, impacting more than 100,000 people as hospitals grappled with diversions and officials planned door-to-door outreach. At the same time, emergency crews responded to at least one case where a woman's car was swallowed by a sudden sinkhole.
The 42-inch, 140-year-old pipe broke in Branch Brook Park on the border of Newark and neighboring Belleville.Sign up for our
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