India, Oct. 14 -- Severe flooding struck parts of New Jersey on Monday as a powerful Nor'easter battered the East Coast. Several coastal communities along the Jersey Shore, including Sea Bright, Manasquan, Asbury Park, and Wildwood, were inundated with water.

Photos and videos circulating on social media show cars submerged and neighborhoods overwhelmed by floodwaters.

The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a Coastal Flood Warning in effect until 8 p.m. EDT Monday.

"One to two feet of inundation above ground level in low-lying areas near shorelines and tidal waterways," NWS stated.

Areas under threat include:

Cumberland County

Atlantic County

Cape May County

Atlantic Coastal Cape May

Coastal Atlantic

NWS warned: "At this ...