I'm in NJ, and my observation is this; Areas that normally flood, because they're near rivers, such as Passaic, Paterson, and others, are the ones really getting hammered. The amounts of rain in a short time has been phenomenal, but I'm not seeing much regarding river flooding. When that happens there's usually a lot of talk about how the rivers reached flood stage, breached their banks, what flood stage is, etc.,. These recent events seem to be only related to enormous amounts of water from rainfall. Yes, rivers have contributed to the floods, but they're also taking place in towns not near large bodies of water.