Flooding Poses Concern For Princeton Council Following July 30 Storm

Princeton, NJ -- Princeton Council is considering how to best deal with flooding in the wake of a storm that dropped about six inches of rain on the town in a three-hour period two weeks ago, the Princeton Packet reports.

Municipal land use engineer Jack West told council the intensity and the frequency of storms are increasing to the point where it feels like there is “one of these storms every year,” during Monday night’s meeting.
West said the storm sewer system couldn’t handle that much rain in such a short period of time.

Mayor Liz Lempert said it’s important for the town to acknowledge the climate is changing, and then figure out how to address it.

During the storm, the Princeton Fire Department responded to 15 calls for homes that were severely flooded, and another 10 homeowners who experienced flooding didn’t call the fire department, according to Planet Princeton.

There was also a fire at a home on Edgehill that resulted from a short circuit caused by water, and seven people had to be rescued from their cars.