{"id":391,"date":"2012-10-30T18:04:45","date_gmt":"2012-10-30T18:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/?p=391"},"modified":"2012-10-30T18:04:45","modified_gmt":"2012-10-30T18:04:45","slug":"new-jersey-levee-breaches-3-towns-flood-as-a-result-of-hurricane-sandy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/new-jersey-levee-breaches-3-towns-flood-as-a-result-of-hurricane-sandy\/","title":{"rendered":"New Jersey Levee Breaches, 3 Towns Flood, As A Result of Hurricane Sandy."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Hundreds of people were forced to evacuate their homes in order to escape personal injuries on Tuesday, October 30, after a suspected levee breach in northern New Jersey caused their towns to flood. The levee breach was caused by Hurricane Sandy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NfnBHSrl5AA\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"400\" height=\"280\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The breach, which authorities believe occurred on the Hackensack River, allowed 4 to 5 feet of water to surge into the towns of Moonachie, Little Ferry and Carlstadt, where a combined 2,000 people live.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities said that while a breach is a likely possibility, the flooding could also have simply been the result of the swollen Hackensack overflowing its banks because of the rain and wind from Hurricane Sandy.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency responders rescued at least 200 people, and many more were able to escape the flood without emergency assistance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>So far, no personal injuries have been reported.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Every year, hundreds of Massachusetts residents are injured as a result of landowners\u2019 failures to properly maintain their property.\u00a0 If you or your loved one has been injured by a property-owner\u2019s negligence, please do not hesitate to call our <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-premises-liability.php\">Boston, MA premises liability lawyers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-personal-injury-information-lawyers-attorneys.php\">Massachusetts personal injury attorneys<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-wrongful-death.php\">Massachusetts wrongful death attorneys<\/a> <strong>24 hours a day, 7 days a week, at 617-787-3700<\/strong>.\u00a0 You can also email our Massachusetts unsafe property personal injury attorneys, Boston personal injury lawyers and <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-wrongful-death.php\">Boston, MA wrongful death lawyers<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-contact-gilbert-hoy-lawyers-attorneys.php\">info@gilhoylaw.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Contact the legal professionals at our <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-about-gil-hoy-lawyers-attorneys.php\">Boston, Massachusetts law office<\/a> now for a <strong>free and confidential consultation<\/strong> on your potential claim.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Your needs are our top priority!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hundreds of people were forced to evacuate their homes in order to escape personal injuries on Tuesday, October 30, after a suspected levee breach in northern New Jersey caused their towns to flood. The levee breach was caused by Hurricane &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/new-jersey-levee-breaches-3-towns-flood-as-a-result-of-hurricane-sandy\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29,28,4,13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=391"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":392,"href":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391\/revisions\/392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}