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good evening. >> reporter: good evening to you, russ. where we are standing right now was dry and considered high ground just two days ago. and it will be another few days before homeowners can put away their boats and hip waders to begin a costly cleanup. river edge road in lincoln park, new jersey, is now part of the pompton river. streets, vehicles, basements and living rooms in this neighborhood are under three to five feet of water. >> the thing is being this close to the river... >> reporter: lifelong resident chris briton, who took us out for a tour on his boat, says for many residents here, rain over the last few weeks has left their lives in shambles. >> hot water heaters are done, furnaces are all off. the hardest part of it when it floods is that the water is coming up, you just don't know where it's going to stop the next time. >> reporter: about 2,000 homes have already been evacuated in new jersey. over the last 30 days, much of the eastern seaboard, from massachusetts to mississippi, has seen anywhere from six to ten inches of rain. >> looks like for the next week to ten days we are going to get