Freezing temperatures and flood waters mixed right into a nasty shock as a handful of autos acquired trapped in a sea of ice in New Jersey.

In keeping with CBS 2 New York and Fox 5 New York, the scene in Edgewater is a results of storms that rolled in on Thursday and dumped quite a lot of rain.  This induced the Hudson River to flood and fill some elements of the parking zone with as much as 2 ft (0.6 meters) of water. Shortly thereafter, temperatures dropped and encased the autos in ice.

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There’s no phrase on what number of autos are trapped, however footage exhibits plenty of them with ice as much as the highest of their wheels.  Among the many victims is a 2001 Mercedes E320, a Jeep Wrangler, a Mazda, and a semi.  We will additionally see an Audi with its airbag deployed, presumably on account of the ice.

CBS 2 New York talked to one of many house owners, who stated they couldn’t get in contact with their insurance coverage firm attributable to it being a vacation weekend.  Whereas that’s unlucky, hopefully the insurance coverage firm will cowl the damages as soon as his automobile is free of the ice.

Talking of which, it stays unclear how for much longer the autos will sit of their chilly resting place.  Nonetheless, hotter climate is on the horizon because the forecast requires temperatures of round 50° F (10° C) this weekend.  This may presumably free the vehicles from their icy tomb, but it surely might trigger much more injury because the ice turns again into water.

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Lead picture credit score: CBS 2 New York