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Weather

A forecast map shows a line of storms expected to hit the Philly area
Pennsylvania
Public Safety

Tracking severe storms, flash flooding, tornado threat in the Philly region

A line of storms is forecast to move through the Philly region starting Wednesday evening as cleanup continues in the wake of Hurricane Ida.

4 years ago

Gov. Phil Murphy stands with officials
New Jersey
Public Safety

New Jersey flags at half-staff to honor Tropical Storm Ida victims

N.J. Governor Phil Murphy issued an executive order for flags to be flown at half-staff to honor the 27 who died and the four who remain missing after Tropical Storm Ida.

4 years ago

A home is seen with major damage in Mullica Hill
PlanPhilly
Housing
New Jersey
Pennsylvania

Homeowners hit by Ida find many questions and few answers as they seek post-storm aid

Days after Ida’s remnants walloped the Philadelphia region, homeowners are beginning to assess in earnest the damage the unusual storm wrought.

4 years ago

Headstones at a cemetery that flooded are seen in Somerville
New Jersey
Public Safety

As flood alerts lit up phones, did ‘warning fatigue’ set in?

Experts call it “warning fatigue,” and no one can be sure what role it might have played in a tragedy that killed at least 49 people when Ida's remnants swept the Northeast.

4 years ago

Vine Street Expressway is flooded.
Environment
Philadelphia
Public Safety

Photo essay: Ida’s remnants wreak havoc across Philly region

Philadelphia flooded in the wake of Hurricane Ida, while surrounding counties struggled with tornado damage.

4 years ago

Cars make their way through flooded streets and around abandoned cars in Teterboro
New Jersey
Public Safety
6abc

Murphy reports 2 additional Ida-related deaths in New Jersey, bringing total to 27

The deaths were "largely concentrated in central Jersey and a few in the north," Murphy said.

4 years ago

Workers pump water from a flooded section of Interstate 676 in Philadelphia Friday, Sept. 3, 2021
Environment
Infrastructure
Philadelphia
Public Safety
Public Spaces
Streets & Roads
Transportation

Eastbound lanes of the Vine Street Expressway are back open, work continues on westbound lanes

Thousands of gallons of water were being pumped each minute from the highway in Center City.

4 years ago

Wreckage at school after Hurricane Ida
Infrastructure
Pennsylvania
Public Safety

The science behind the Delaware Valley’s tornado summer

The remnants of Hurricane Ida generated seven tornadoes in the Delaware Valley. Why is this happening? As long as the “ingredients” are present, they can happen anywhere.

4 years ago

President Joe Biden talks as he tours a neighborhood impacted by Hurricane Ida, Friday, Sept. 3, 2021, in LaPlace, La.
Government
National
Public Safety

Biden walks storm-ravaged Louisiana: ‘I know you’re hurting’

Biden pledged robust federal assistance to get people back on their feet and said the government already had distributed $100 million directly to individuals in the state.

4 years ago

Andrienne Dolley stands in front of a gas station surrounded by floodwaters
Delaware
Environment
Public Safety

‘I feel overwhelmed’: Floodwaters have receded, but Wilmingtonians reel from Ida’s remnants

Mayor Purzycki declared a state of emergency on Friday, one day after nearly 200 people had to be rescued from their flooded neighborhoods.

4 years ago

Water rises on Race Street near the Schuylkill River.
PlanPhilly
Environment
Streets & Roads
Sustainability

How Philly’s trash problem made Hurricane Ida flooding worse

In Philadelphia, litter and illegal dumping have become climate issues. In some sections of the city, residents saw flooding linked to clogged drains.

4 years ago

Cars make their way through flooded streets and around abandoned cars in Teterboro
Environment

Hurricane Ida: 2 reasons for its record-shattering rainfall in NYC and the Northeast long after the winds weakened

Evidence is mounting that, as the climate warms, the amount of precipitation from heavy rainstorms is increasing, especially in the central and eastern U.S.

4 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf comes to witness Hurricane Ida damage in PA
Environment
Infrastructure
Streets & Roads

‘Worst we’ve ever seen’: Philadelphia area rocked by Ida as 676 remains closed

Mayor Jim Kenney couldn’t say when the Vine Street Expressway would reopen in the wake of severe flooding caused by remnants of Hurricane Ida.

4 years ago

Animal rescue drive a boat down a flooded street
Income Inequality
Public Safety
Social Justice

Mutual aid groups give personalized help after Hurricane Ida

The networks, in which community members pool resources and distribute donations to care for one another, seek to avoid the traditional charity model of giver and receiver.

4 years ago

Current conditions at Creek Road and Smiths Bridge Road in New Castle County
Delaware
Public Safety

Dozens rescued amid flooding in Wilmington

The Wilmington Fire Department and other agencies were performing water rescues and many streets and bridges remain closed, officials said.

4 years ago

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