Point Boro Urges Voluntary Evacuations in Some Areas

If you flooded before, if you live on any waterway or in a low-lying area, you should leave for the next two days, says Point Borough.

Councilman Chris Leitner issued the following statement in an email Tuesday evening, indicating the warning is in effect from Wednesday through Thursday:

"The Borough strongly advises residents consider evacuating during the anticipated storm, especially those in areas prone to flooding," Leitner said in an email.

"Under normal circumstances, this would be just another bad storm, but in our weakened state following Hurricane Sandy, we expect greater than usual flooding, additional loss of power and wind damage," Leitner wrote.

"Please note debris may become dangerous projectiles during the high winds.  Therefore, we strongly advise residents consider evacuation during the anticipated storm."

Local officials have said that 36 Borough residents had to be rescued from flooded homes during Tropical Storm Sandy, which had been designated a hurricane until it hit the Atlantic City area around 8 p.m. Monday.

The storm took out beaches, berms, boardwalks, structures, vegetation and other barriers between the surging surf and homes, so officials are concerned that tomorrow's nor'easter may even more easily send flood waters into homes.

The National Weather Service has issued a coastal flood warning for the Jersey Shore.