Atlantic City faces major flooding at high tide

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AccuWeather's Bill Wadell is in Atlantic City where flooding is expected later today during high tide.

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00:00People down at the Jersey Shore have been dealing with flooding since Sunday.

00:03AccuWeather's Bill Waddell is live in Atlantic City, New Jersey, where the storm will push even more water later today.

00:11Around, I believe it's 1.30 this afternoon, and it is going to be a huge problem for that entire area.

00:19And as I'm sure you know, Bill, not only the shore, but into the back bays.

00:24Oh, absolutely. Bernie, Ari, good morning to you.

00:27And that's why officials are telling people, be prepared for even more water and move those cars to higher ground.

00:32You can see here at the boardwalk in Atlantic City, there's barely anybody out here.

00:37We've got the boardwalk to ourselves.

00:39A very rough surf here this morning.

00:41But again, we're coming out of low tide.

00:43So most of the flooding issues that were happening earlier this morning before the sun came up, most of those are receding.

00:48All eyes, as you said, Bernie, on 1 o'clock, around 1.30 this afternoon, when we're expecting that next high tide,

00:54where we could see some major flooding issues here.

00:57Now, take a look at the video.

00:59You could see from the boardwalk, not many people have been out in the wind and the rain.

01:05We only saw a few families bundled up in ponchos.

01:07Most of the conditions keeping people inside Sunday afternoon.

01:11We've seen flooding in trouble spots.

01:14It's already been causing some problems this weekend.

01:16And early this morning, a number of roads to the Atlantic City area were closed.

01:20Emergency officials here in Atlantic City are warning people to stay away from the water

01:24and to move those cars to higher ground and out of vulnerable areas.

01:29Saltwater flooding, of course, can cause even more headaches than freshwater flooding damage.

01:36So you still have time to move vehicles to higher ground.

01:40We still have the Wave parking garage.

01:43And we'll recommend the residents that if their car was in water today, to move their car to higher grounds.

01:48If it's too much saltwater, your car is going to be wrecked.

01:52Saltwater is not good for cars.

01:54Even when they're not moving, probably even worse when you're driving in high water weather.

02:01Yeah, and you can see there are high water rescue vehicles that are deployed throughout this area.

02:06There are some rescue swimmers on standby as well.

02:09Of course, officials are telling us they're hoping that they will not be needed.

02:13Most of the water rescues that happen during storms like this are preventable.

02:18In many cases, it's people out driving, going around barricades when they shouldn't be.

02:22So again, guys, officials here tell us that they are prepared along the Jersey Shore.

02:26They have those high water rescue vehicles ready.

02:28They have the swimmers and the train crews ready to go.

02:31Very hopeful that they're not going to need them.

02:33But again, they say the clock is ticking.

02:35Only a few more hours until that big high tide this afternoon.

02:38Get those vehicles to higher ground.

02:40And they're telling people, if you live in one of those flood-prone areas and you do not feel comfortable,

02:44now is the time to get out before that storm pushes even more water in.

02:49All right, Bill Waddell live in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

02:51Less wind, but that prolonged northeasterly flow causing the high tide.

02:57It's around 1.30 this afternoon.

02:59I'll show you that coming up.

03:01It's pretty impressive what's coming.

03:03And as Bill said, a little dangerous.

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