{"id":34870,"date":"2026-07-09T23:11:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T03:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/nj-weather-heavy-rain-triggers-flash-flooding-in-camden-for-second-time-this-week\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T23:11:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T03:11:08","slug":"nj-weather-heavy-rain-triggers-flash-flooding-in-camden-for-second-time-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/nj-weather-heavy-rain-triggers-flash-flooding-in-camden-for-second-time-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"NJ weather: Heavy rain triggers flash flooding in Camden for second time this week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \"><span class=\"oyrPY qlwaB AGxeB  \">CAMDEN, N.J. (WPVI) &#8212; <\/span>Another round of heavy rain swept through Camden on Thursday, flooding several roads, stranding drivers and renewing concerns just days after a similar storm caused widespread damage earlier in the week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">June Irizarry said he was driving near 10th Street and Kaighn Avenue when rising water overtook the roadway.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;Aggravated as hell. Lots of money,&#8221; he said. Irizarry described the experience as feeling &#8220;like I was driving through the ocean.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Angel Lopez, owner of Kingz Towing, arrived to help Irizarry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;The water was up to the steering wheel. It&#8217;s definitely a scary situation, especially when his windows wouldn&#8217;t go down any further. Thank God it stopped filling up,&#8221; Lopez said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The city deployed its new highwater rescue vehicle to assist residents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Camden Fire Chief Jesse Flax said crews helped two people who attempted to drive through deep water.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \"><strong class=\"vtkaO \">READ MORE | Camden County assesses damage after flash flooding closes roads, submerges vehicles<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hsDdd OOSI GpQCA lZur VlFaz \" data-testid=\"prism-truncate\"><span><span class=\"gtOSm FbbUW tUtYa vOCwz EQwFq yCufu eEak Qmvg nyTIa SRXVc vzLa jgBfc WXDas CiUCW kqbG zrdEG txGfn ygKVe BbezD UOtxr CVfpq xijV soGRS XgdC sEIlf daWqJ \">Camden hit by severe flash flooding Monday<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;They are OK; we got them to dry land, but their car&#8217;s not,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Some drivers managed to navigate the flooded streets near 2nd and Pine, while others reversed course to avoid getting stuck.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Lopez noted that Thursday&#8217;s flooding was less severe than Monday&#8217;s storm. &#8220;The last rain storm was definitely a lot worse,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Camden County and city officials said they were better prepared this time around.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Dan Keashen, the director of Camden County public affairs, said crews worked throughout the day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;We&#8217;ve planned for this. We&#8217;ve had crews all day long on major thoroughfares, cleared inlets. When the water gets in, it gets out as soon as possible,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Crews were seen removing debris from sewers to help drain streets and reduce flooding as the storm moved through.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CAMDEN, N.J. (WPVI) &#8212; Another round of heavy rain swept through Camden on Thursday, flooding several roads, stranding drivers and renewing concerns just days after a similar storm caused widespread damage earlier in the week. June Irizarry said he was driving near 10th Street and Kaighn Avenue when rising water overtook the roadway. &#8220;Aggravated as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34871,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn.abcotvs.com\/dip\/images\/19477368_070926-wpvi-camden-flood-watch-6-vid-vid.jpg?w=1600","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11573],"tags":[24841,11764,2550,1277,2449,2927,1345,22513,3763,522],"class_list":["post-34870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-philadelphia-breaking-news","tag-24841","tag-camden","tag-flash","tag-flooding","tag-heavy","tag-rain","tag-time","tag-triggers","tag-weather","tag-week"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/cdn.abcotvs.com\/dip\/images\/19477368_070926-wpvi-camden-flood-watch-6-vid-vid.jpg?w=1600",0,0,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/cdn.abcotvs.com\/dip\/images\/19477368_070926-wpvi-camden-flood-watch-6-vid-vid.jpg?w=1600",0,0,false],"portraits":["https:\/\/cdn.abcotvs.com\/dip\/images\/19477368_070926-wpvi-camden-flood-watch-6-vid-vid.jpg?w=1600",0,0,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/cdn.abcotvs.com\/dip\/images\/19477368_070926-wpvi-camden-flood-watch-6-vid-vid.jpg?w=1600",150,150,false],"medium":["https:\/\/cdn.abcotvs.com\/dip\/images\/19477368_070926-wpvi-camden-flood-watch-6-vid-vid.jpg?w=1600",300,300,false],"large":["https:\/\/cdn.abcotvs.com\/dip\/images\/19477368_070926-wpvi-camden-flood-watch-6-vid-vid.jpg?w=1600",1024,1024,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/cdn.abcotvs.com\/dip\/images\/19477368_070926-wpvi-camden-flood-watch-6-vid-vid.jpg?w=1600",1536,1536,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/cdn.abcotvs.com\/dip\/images\/19477368_070926-wpvi-camden-flood-watch-6-vid-vid.jpg?w=1600",2048,2048,false],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/cdn.abcotvs.com\/dip\/images\/19477368_070926-wpvi-camden-flood-watch-6-vid-vid.jpg?w=1600",370,265,false],"kava-thumb-s":["https:\/\/cdn.abcotvs.com\/dip\/images\/19477368_070926-wpvi-camden-flood-watch-6-vid-vid.jpg?w=1600",150,85,false],"kava-thumb-s-2":["https:\/\/cdn.abcotvs.com\/dip\/images\/19477368_070926-wpvi-camden-flood-watch-6-vid-vid.jpg?w=1600",230,230,false],"kava-thumb-m":["https:\/\/cdn.abcotvs.com\/dip\/images\/19477368_070926-wpvi-camden-flood-watch-6-vid-vid.jpg?w=1600",400,400,false],"kava-thumb-m-vertical":["https:\/\/cdn.abcotvs.com\/dip\/images\/19477368_070926-wpvi-camden-flood-watch-6-vid-vid.jpg?w=1600",370,500,false],"kava-thumb-m-2":["https:\/\/cdn.abcotvs.com\/dip\/images\/19477368_070926-wpvi-camden-flood-watch-6-vid-vid.jpg?w=1600",570,450,false],"kava-thumb-l":["https:\/\/cdn.abcotvs.com\/dip\/images\/19477368_070926-wpvi-camden-flood-watch-6-vid-vid.jpg?w=1600",1170,650,false],"kava-thumb-xl":["https:\/\/cdn.abcotvs.com\/dip\/images\/19477368_070926-wpvi-camden-flood-watch-6-vid-vid.jpg?w=1600",1920,1080,false],"kava-thumb-masonry":["https:\/\/cdn.abcotvs.com\/dip\/images\/19477368_070926-wpvi-camden-flood-watch-6-vid-vid.jpg?w=1600",600,999,false],"kava-thumb-justify":["https:\/\/cdn.abcotvs.com\/dip\/images\/19477368_070926-wpvi-camden-flood-watch-6-vid-vid.jpg?w=1600",640,640,false],"kava-thumb-justify-2":["https:\/\/cdn.abcotvs.com\/dip\/images\/19477368_070926-wpvi-camden-flood-watch-6-vid-vid.jpg?w=1600",1280,640,false]},"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"#RiseCelestialStudios","author_link":"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/author\/ralph-c\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/category\/philadelphia-breaking-news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Philadelphia Viral News<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"CAMDEN, N.J. (WPVI) &#8212; Another round of heavy rain swept through Camden on Thursday, flooding several roads, stranding drivers and renewing concerns just days after a similar storm caused widespread damage earlier in the week. June Irizarry said he was driving near 10th Street and Kaighn Avenue when rising water overtook the roadway. &#8220;Aggravated as&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34870"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34870\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34872,"href":"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34870\/revisions\/34872"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}