A slow-moving nor'easter dumped more than 7 inches of rain on parts of New Jersey over the weekend and pushed coastal flooding and damaging winds from the Jersey Shore into southern New England.

Tidal flooding of 6 to 7 feet inundated homes and businesses in parts of New Jersey's 6th Congressional District, severely damaging piers, bulkheads and other municipal infrastructure, U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-N.J., wrote Monday in a letter to the state Department of Environmental Protection and Office of Emergency Management. Pallone asked those agencies, along with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, to survey the damage in anticipation of a federal disaster declaration. He wrote that flood control projects, berms and raised homes appeared to have spared many areas from worse damage.

Neptune City, New Jersey, recorded 8.25 inches of rain between 8 a.m. Friday and 10 a.m. Monday, the highest total in the center's preliminary storm summary, the National Weather Service's Weather Prediction Center reported. 

The center called for another 0.5 to 1 inch of rain across parts of the Northeast on Monday, with minor coastal flooding possible near high tide. Flood and coastal flood watches, warnings and advisories remained in effect for parts of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast coast.

New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill declared a state of emergency Friday for Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean and Salem counties. The order activated the State Emergency Operations Center to coordinate response among the New Jersey State Police, the Department of Environmental Protection, the Department of Transportation and county emergency management offices, the governor's office said.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency for Nassau and Suffolk counties, New York City and Westchester County in a social media post Friday.