wrought by hearken. items in new jersey, the state which has suffered the most deaths governor phill murphy said the disaster reflected the new reality of climate change. 49 people have been killed in an all feast. christmas. salumi reports from the badly hid city of elizabeth, new jersey. more than a day after i'd a barrel through the northeastern united states, many parts of new jersey are still under water. but in elizabeth, where the floods retreated, it leaped cars, flooded homes and death in its wake. the water rose so quickly at this new jersey apartment complex. it caught many people off guard. it's merged vehicles, and pushed up against the doorways trapping for people inside. people who lived on the 2nd floor got calls from neighbors below. the lady over you, she call my mom. she was like, oh, you know, you open the door, we couldn't open the door because the water was so high. 6000 here have now been evacuated after the fact. nearly $12000.00 or without power. because the water, when it came up here, the water got as high as many cabals, front porch emerging, the lower levels, 6.