India, July 15 -- With a state of emergency declared in New Jersey due to the flash floods, flight delays, and other passenger woes have stormed social media. In one such plea, an author took to X to share her ordeal of a three-hour wait as she tried to get in touch with family members stuck at New Jersey's Newark Airport.

Lara Juanillo, the author of Decode the Black Box, shared that she had family members stuck on a United Airlines flights, which had been grounded at Newark due to the flash flood warnings.

The author added that despite the plane being grounded, passengers had not been deplaned.

"Help!!!! I have family stuck at United Flight 2096 Newark airport tarmac for more than 3 hours now. My 70 plus yo cousin needs her medicatio...