Levee breaks in NJ town, hundreds being evacuated

MOONACHIE, NJ

Bergen County executive chief of staff Jeanne Baratta tells The Record newspaper (http://bit.ly/TrQ1Rt ) the entire town of Moonachie is under water and as many as 1,000 people could need to be evacuated.

Baratta says people in a trailer park have had to climb on the roofs of their trailers to await rescue.

There are no reports of injuries or deaths.

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