(CNN) -- Ralph Verdi has been working for nearly 30 hours. You won't hear him complain. He says yes and no ma'am when a reporter stops him to ask him a question, even though he's helping lead the rescue effort of three New Jersey towns that are drowning. Verdi works for the police in Little Ferry, a town of about 10,000 people that was flooded Tuesday as water kicked up by Sandy barreled over a natural berm. It took only about 30 minutes for Moonachie, a town of about 2,700 residents in Bergen County along the Hackensack River, to be nearly 6 feet under water. It's also bad in another town, Carlstadt.
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NEW: President Obama is set to tour damaged areas of New Jersey on Wednesday
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NEW: Houses end up in the middle of highway; rail cars float on turnpike
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NEW: Some flood victims were barefoot; mothers carried diaper bags and babies as they fled
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The affected area is in Bergen County near New York City
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