New Jersey declared it will enter a State of Emergency Thursday afternoon ahead of possible floods and severe thunderstorms which are expected to impact the area. Acting Governor Tahesha Way declared that New Jersey will enter a State of Emergency at 2 p.

A state of emergency was declared in both New York and New Jersey on Thursday amid severe flooding that left some neighborhoods submerged underwater. A tractor-trailer got trapped on the Clearview Expressway near Northern Boulevard in Queens.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul and her acting counterpart in New Jersey said they were declaring states of emergency for areas facing the threat of extreme flash floods forecast on Thursday for much of the Eastern Seaboard.