A state of emergency takes effect for all 21 New Jersey counties later Tuesday, as the second major winter storm of the season threatens extreme flooding and wind damage across the entire metro area.
Gov. Phil Murphy announced the order would take effect at 5 p.m. Tuesday, allowing resources to be deployed throughout the state during the duration of the storm. A widespread 2 to 4 inches of rain is expected to fall on the tri-state between Tuesday afternoon and early Wednesday. That comes on top of the foot-plus of snow that fell in some spots this past weekend and as parts of New Jersey still struggle to recover from last month’s floods.