Weather

After a storm survey, the National Weather Service says a tornado touched down in the Souderton area early Thursday morning.

A Tornado Watch is in effect through 8 p.m. for several suburban counties, including Berks, Chester, Lehigh, Lancaster, Monroe and Northampton.

As rescuers work against the threat of a storm, officials continue to assess the damage after buildings throughout the island nation were flattened by the 7.2-magnitude quake.

Philadelphia has declared a heat health emergency through 8 p.m. Friday. The city has recorded five heat-related deaths so far this year.

Data captured by satellites flying over the region revealed Friday show just how much smoke is being produced from the hundreds of forest fires in the Sakha Republic.

The National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat warning for much of the Greater Philadelphia region — with real feel expected to reach 105 degrees.

Thursday's storm resulted in nine tornadoes across Pennsylvania and New Jersey, the National Weather Service confirmed.

County residents and businesses can now apply for federal disaster loans from the Small Business Administration.

There were a dozen or so injuries reported around the Bensalem area after the tornadoes. Hopewell Township in Mercer County was also among the hardest hit in N.J.

A line of severe weather spawned multiple tornado warnings across the Philadelphia region on Thursday night.

An AccuWeather Alert is in place for today as strong thunderstorms are expected to move through the region this afternoon through this evening.

More than 85 large wildfires were burning around the country, most of them in Western states, and they had burned over 1.4 million acres.

Recent air quality alerts in Pennsylvania that were caused by pollution from wildfires in the western United States and Canada could become more frequent with climate change.

“Thousand-year” means a weather event has a 0.1% chance of occurring annually — but with climate change, flood frequency is growing.

East Norriton, Whitpain, Whitemarsh, Springfield, Cheltenham, and Abington Townships were most impacted by the storm.