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Snow falls on Market Street during a snow storm on December 16, 2020. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Pennsylvania
Streets & Roads

Sleet, icing, snow: Parts of Pa. see biggest December snowfall in years, says state meteorologist

Pennsylvania’s top meteorologist says Wednesday’s winter storm is a big one for parts of the commonwealth.

5 years ago

A snow plow drives across a road in a heavy snowfall in Morrisville, Pa. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
Pennsylvania
Streets & Roads
Transportation

PennDOT, PA Turnpike: Road restrictions in response to winter snow storm

To keep up with the latest information as the storm progresses, follow 511PA via its traveler information website and mapping tool.

5 years ago

A woman approaches the Hoboken Terminal of the PATH train system as light snow falls at the beginning of a snowstorm
New Jersey
Public Safety
Streets & Roads

New Jersey declares State of Emergency, braces for first snowfall of the season

The New Jersey Department of Transportation has issued a commercial vehicle ban on seven interstate highways starting at 1 p.m. 

5 years ago

A look at estimated snow totals for the storm Wednesday into Thursday.
Philadelphia
Public Safety

This winter storm is going to be very different depending on your neighborhood

A nor'easter is nearing the Philadelphia region, and its impacts should vary greatly from neighborhood to neighborhood.

5 years ago

A man wearing a mask walks through a mid-afternoon snow squall in downtown Pittsburgh on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Outdoors
Public Safety

Winter storm update: Montco urges residents to stay home; no vaccine shipment disruption expected

Snow and heavy precipitation may cause widespread power outages, followed by a significant drop in temperatures later this week.

5 years ago

A person holds up an umbrella during wintry weather
Outdoors
Philadelphia
Public Safety
NBC10

Nor’easter to bring heavy snow, rain, wind and flood threats to Delaware Valley

We know a nor'easter is headed toward the Philadelphia region — but it also looks like its impacts could vary greatly from neighborhood to neighborhood.

5 years ago

A Tornado Watch has been issued by the National Weather Service for the Philadelphia region.
Philadelphia
Public Safety
NBC10

Tornado Watch issued as strong storms hit Philly region

Rain will be heavy at times Monday through the early afternoon and more than an inch of rain is possible during that time.

5 years ago

A team at the Heinz National Wildlife Refuge restoring ‘the water control structure.’ (Courtesy of the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum)
Environment

Isaias poured floodwaters on the Heinz Refuge in August. It’s been rising above them since

Rain from Tropical Storm Isaias sent Darby Creek overflowing. More than 3 months and a major restoration effort later, things are almost the way they were.

5 years ago

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Tarps and fences block the seating area in the Hoboken Terminal waiting room in Hoboken, N.J., Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
New Jersey
Transportation

8 years later, Sandy still costing transit systems billions

“It seems like at least once a decade, you’re going to get something that has a major impact on the transportation network."

5 years ago

People crowd the beach in Huntington Beach, Calif., Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Environment
International

Earth breaks September heat record, may reach warmest year

Earth sweltered to a record hot September last month, with climate officials saying there’s nearly a two-to-one chance that 2020 will end up as the hottest year on record.

5 years ago

Jim Fontenot carries possessions into his brother's home, to which his family temporarily relocated to ride out Hurricane Delta which is expected to make landfall later in the day, in Lake Charles, La., Friday, Oct. 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Environment
National

Delta adds insult to injury in hurricane-ravaged Louisiana

Debris piles went airborne as Delta blew through, and some of the wreckage floated around in the storm surge.

5 years ago

A car leaves Cameron, La., Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020, past a building destroyed by Hurricane Laura, in advance of Hurricane Delta, expected to make landfall Friday. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Environment
National

Louisiana braces to relive a nightmare as Delta nears

The city of Lake Charles was already a landscape of towering debris piles still uncollected after Hurricane Laura.

5 years ago

South Seaside Park in September 2015
Down the Shore
New Jersey
Public Safety

NWS: N.J. rip currents ‘life-threatening’ to anyone who enters ocean

Large swells up to eight feet high — generated by the distant Hurricane Teddy — are creating dangerous conditions and rip currents, according to the National Weather Service.

5 years ago

A Friday, Sept. 18 satellite image of tropical activity. (NOAA/GOES)
Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey

Greek alphabet now in use as extremely active hurricane season depletes names

For the second time in the history, the National Hurricane Center is using the Greek alphabet to name new cyclones during this year's record-breaking hurricane season. 

5 years ago

FILE - In this May 21, 2020 file photo, Gov. Wanda Vazquez, wearing a protective face mask amid the new coronavirus pandemic, attends a press conference, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Vazquez announced Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020, that she will place the U.S. territory on a 24-hour lockdown every Sunday as part of stricter measures to fight a spike in COVID-19 cases. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti, File)
Environment
Government Accountability
Infrastructure

Puerto Rico getting funds for power grid 3 years after Maria

“The Trump Administration delayed, dragged its feet and resisted allocating these badly needed funds,” said Rep. Velázquez, who was born in Puerto Rico.

5 years ago

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