A major water main outage in Newark, New Jersey, pushed temperatures to 100 degrees on Tuesday, leaving most of the state's largest city The water supply is no longer available.
Several hospitals in Newark — including University Hospital and Beth Israel Medical Center — have been forced to stop accepting non-emergency patients. , city officials were forced to go door-to-door. - Doors distributing water in the North and West wards and parts of the South and Central wards, said Mayor Ras Baraka. It was caused by a 140-year-old 72-inch pipe that ruptured in Branch Brook Park around 2000.
According to authorities, he was killed in Newark and neighboring Belleville. More than 100,000 people received boiling advisories. This included all of Belleville's approximately 38,000 inhabitants.
"Due to massive water main breaks, some residents may be experiencing discolored water, while others may have low or no water. and an afternoon statement issued by Belleville Township,.
Due to the emergency, the Newark Board of Education also canceled all summer school classes and activities on Tuesday. became.
The road in Branch Brook Park turns into a muddy brown river. It has been changed. According to footage captured by Belleville Mayor Michael Melham,. A car was almost swallowed by a sinkhole in the park.
The tragic situation occurred on the same day that the state environmental agency issued a drought watchurging New Jersey residents to conserve water.
According to Weather Underground records, in Newark he hasn't dropped below 90 degrees since August 1.
