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Where to get help after Ida floods Philly region

A resource guide for displaced residents, flooding damage and road closures.

5 years ago

A firefighter with the U.S. Forest Service protects the Strawberry General Store on Highway 50 in El Dorado County after a backfire was set, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021, against the advancing Caldor Fire
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Our future on a hotter planet means more climate disasters happening simultaneously

Simultaneous disasters, like the wildfires in California and Hurricane Ida this week, are happening more often as the planet heats up.

5 years ago

A home is seen with major damage in Mullica Hill
New Jersey
Public Safety

‘A lot of hurt in New Jersey’: Residents evacuated, homes destroyed in Ida’s wake

State and local officials are reporting devastating damage in the wake of the storm, which saw a tornado touch down in Gloucester County.

5 years ago

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

At least 9 deaths as Hurricane Ida’s remnants hit New Jersey, New York

Gov. Phil Murphy declared a state of emergency in all of New Jersey’s 21 counties, urging people to stay off the flooded roads.

5 years ago

Philadelphia Fire Department personnel carry residents of the River Walk apartments to dry land
Philadelphia
Public Safety

Long recovery ahead as Ida’s remnants lead to historic flooding, tornadoes in Philly region

Here’s what you need to know as Philadelphia and Pennsylvania officials begin to assess the aftermath of the storm.

5 years ago

Water is pumped from the basement of a business on Noblestown road in Oakdale, Pa. during clean up from flooding after downpours and high winds from the remnants of Hurricane Ida, hit the area Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021
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Public Safety

It’s not all about Hurricane Ida — land use and climate change drive Philly flood risk

As the region confronts Ida, the city’s floodplain expert warns that land use is a major driver of increased vulnerability to extreme weather.

5 years ago

A damaged home in the wake of a possible tornado
Environment
New Jersey
Public Safety
6ABC

Multiple homes destroyed after tornado hits Mullica Hill, N.J.

Gloucester County Emergency Management says, "It is likely that multiple tornadoes have touched down within our communities."

5 years ago

A weather map shows a Flash Flood Watch in effect for the Philly region
Philadelphia
Public Safety
6abc

Ida’s remnants to bring severe storm risk, heavy rainfall to Philly region

A Tornado Watch has been issued for the entire region until 10 p.m. Wednesday, with flash flood warnings in effect.

5 years ago

A flooded city is seen in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida
Environment
Philadelphia
Public Safety

Philly region braces for heavy rain, flash floods, and isolated tornadoes brought by Ida

After cutting a path of destruction through Louisiana and Mississippi, what’s left of Hurricane Ida is headed for the northeast. Here’s what you need to know.

5 years ago

A weather map indicates downpours will produce flooding across the Philly region
Outdoors
Philadelphia
6abc

AccuWeather Alert: Heavy rain, flooding Wednesday into Thursday

Meteorologist David Murphy says tropical downpours from Ida will produce flooding on creeks, streams and perhaps rivers on Wednesday and Thursday.

5 years ago

Homes are flooded in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida
National
Public Safety

Thousands face weeks without power in Ida’s aftermath

Ida ravaged the region's power grid, leaving all of New Orleans and hundreds of thousands in the dark with no clear timeline on when the electricity would return.

5 years ago

Flooded streets are shown in the Spring Meadow subdivision in LaPlace, La., after Hurricane Ida moved through Monday, Aug. 30, 2021. Hard-hit LaPlace is squeezed between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain. (Steve Helber / AP Photo)
Pennsylvania
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Ida expected to bring heavy rain, flash floods to Pennsylvania

Forecasters say heavy rain will move west to east across Pennsylvania from Tuesday night to Wednesday night.

5 years ago

Wreckage in Louisiana following Hurrian Ida
NPR
Environment
National

How climate change is fueling hurricanes like Ida

Hurricane Ida rapidly gained strength right before it hit Louisiana this weekend. Abnormally hot water in the Gulf of Mexico acted as fuel for the storm.

5 years ago

New Orleans Police detectives Adam Buckner, left, and Alexander Reiter, look over debris from a building that collapsed during Hurricane Ida in New Orleans, Monday, Aug. 30, 2021. Hurricane Ida knocked out power to all of New Orleans and inundated coastal Louisiana communities on a deadly path through the Gulf Coast that is still unfolding and promises more destruction. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
National
Public Safety

Hurricane Ida traps Louisianans, leaves the grid a shambles

Ida’s landfall came on the same date Hurricane Katrina ravaged Louisiana and Mississippi 16 years earlier, about 40 miles west of where Category 3 Katrina first struck land.

5 years ago

This GOES-16 East GeoColor satellite image taken Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, at 10:20 p.m. EDT, shows Tropical Storm Ida in the Caribbean Sea
Environment
National
Public Safety

Ida aims to hit Louisiana on Hurricane Katrina anniversary

Forecasters say Ida made landfall in Cuba as a hurricane and could grow to an extremely dangerous Category 4 storm with top winds of 140 mph when it nears the U.S.

5 years ago

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