Heavy rainfall swept across North and Central Jersey July 14, leading to road closures, power outages and flash flooding.

Cleanup is just beginning for many residents of North Plainfield, New Jersey, where Monday night’s flooding brought upwards of 12 feet of rain into people’s homes.

Police say 60-year-old Lubia Estevez, a food services cashier at Plainfield High School, was one of two people killed during ...