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Miguel Paiva

What New Jersey's Eight-County State of Emergency Means as the Nor'easter Turns Deadly

POINT PLEASANT, NEW JERSEY - SEPTEMBER 26: A car is seen submerged in water on a flooded road during a nor'easter storm where a voluntary evacuation has been issued in the community on September 26, 2026 in Point Pleasant, New Jersey. New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill has declared a state of emergency for eight counties as a powerful nor'easter is expected to bring damaging winds, heavy rainfall, coastal flooding and beach erosion beginning Friday night and lasting through the weekend. (Credit: Photo by Ryan Murphy/Getty Images)

An Order Signed Ahead of the Storm

New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill put pen to Executive Order No. 25 on Friday, September 25, declaring a state of emergency across Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean and Salem counties. The order took hold at 5 p.m. that evening, ahead of a nor'easter forecasters expected to intensify through the weekend.

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