MOONACHIE, N.J. (AP) - Authorities in northern New Jersey say the body of an unidentified man has been pulled out of the Hackensack River, which overflowed its banks and swamped two towns.
   
The body was recovered Tuesday from the river in the city of Hackensack.
   
Superstorm Sandy triggered a tidal surge that sent the river and its tributaries overflowing its banks during the middle of the night.
   
The towns of Moonachie (moo-NAH'-kee) and Little Ferry just to the south of Hackensack both suffered heavy flooding. Rescues of stranded residents continued Tuesday afternoon.
   
Bergen County officials say flooding also occurred along the river in Hackensack but was less severe than downriver.

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MOONACHIE, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says the sudden middle-of-the-night flooding of two towns was the result of a tidal surge that sent water overflowing a natural berm.
   
The governor says the surge hit the Hackensack River.
   
He says hundreds of people have been rescued from the low-lying towns of Moonachie and Little Ferry.
   
Residents of a Moonachie mobile home park say water overflowed a nearby creek when the tidal surge occurred. In Little Ferry they say water gushed out of storm drains.
   
Local and county officials initially reported a levee had broken, but the governor says that was erroneous.

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