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New Jersey's Department of Environmental Protection says the state is probably overdue for a more significant earthquake. (NBC10)
Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey

‘My whole house shook’: Overnight earthquake strikes in N.J.

Hundreds of people as far away as Philadelphia and Long Island, New York, contributed to the USGS' "Did You Feel It?" map, reporting only weak or light shaking and no damage.

5 years ago

New Jersey's Department of Environmental Protection says the state is probably overdue for a more significant earthquake. (NBC10)
New Jersey
Public Safety
NBC10

USGS reports 3.1 magnitude earthquake in New Jersey

New Jersey's Department of Environmental Protection says the state is probably overdue for a more significant earthquake.

5 years ago

Water from Absecon Inlet washes over the north end of Atlantic City during Superstorm Sandy in 2012. (Courtesy of the Atlantic County Office of Emergency Management)
New Jersey
Public Safety

COVID-19 concerns means fleeing a storm at Jersey Shore will be different in 2020

New Jersey emergency officials are making plans to put evacuees in dorms and hotels instead of large gyms. They want shore residents to plan — now.

6 years ago

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Tropical Storm Omar as seen from the NOAA GOES-East satellite late Tuesday afternoon. (Screenshot)
Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey

Tropical Storm Omar forms off East Coast

The fifteenth-named storm of the 2020 hurricane season formed Tuesday afternoon off the Eastern seaboard. 

6 years ago

State Highway 27 leading to Cameron, La. is seen in Creole, La., Friday, Aug. 28, 2020, as the storm surge recedes in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Environment
National

Weeks without power or water ahead as Laura cleanup begins

The toll from the Category 4 hurricane rose to 16 deaths Saturday, with more than half of those killed by carbon monoxide poisoning from the unsafe operation of generators.

6 years ago

The five largest fires in California history have occurred since 2003, a sign that climate change is making extreme wildfires more frequent. (Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Environment

Everything is unprecedented. Welcome to your hotter Earth

The most powerful hurricanes, the most intense wildfires, the most prolonged heat waves and the most frequent outbreaks of new diseases are all in our future.

6 years ago

(NBC10)
Environment
NBC10

First alert: Philly region facing off against 4 storms, including remnants of Laura

The first storms swept through the Philadelphia suburbs and northern Delaware before moving into South Jersey.

6 years ago

People survey the damage to their neighborhood on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020, in Lake Charles, La., in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Environment
National

Coastal Louisiana a hot mess as Laura’s leftovers move east

The hurricane’s top wind speed of 150 mph put it among the strongest systems on record in the U.S.

6 years ago

Parnell McKay, the civil defense director of Pass Christian, Miss., looks over the town's main business district on Aug. 23, 1969 after Hurricane Camille passed through. (Jack Thornell/AP Photo)
NPR
Environment
History

Historic Gulf Coast hurricanes: How does Laura compare?

Hurricane Laura has been described as one of the most powerful storms to hit the Gulf Coast in decades. We take a look at other infamous storms to strike the region.

6 years ago

Benjamin Luna helps recover items from the children's wing of the First Pentecostal Church that was destroyed by Hurricane Laura, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020, in Orange, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Environment
National

Laura thrashes Louisiana, nearby states face tornado threats

One of the strongest hurricanes ever to strike the U.S., Laura barreled across Louisiana on Thursday, shearing off roofs, killing at least six people.

6 years ago

A statue of a Confederate soldier in front of a courthouse in Lake Charles, La., lies on the ground Thursday Aug. 27, 2020 after being toppled when Hurricane Laura ripped through the area. Earlier this month parish officials voted to keep the statue, called the South’s Defenders Monument, in its place. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)
History
Race & Ethnicity

Parish votes to keep Confederate statue; Laura topples it

The South’s Defenders Monument was knocked off its pedestal as the Category 4 monster swept through the southwestern Louisiana parish.

6 years ago

The National Hurricane Center forecast for Tropical Storm Laura, valid early Thursday afternoon. (Screenshot)
Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey

NWS: Soaking rain, no coastal flooding as Laura remnants pass through N.J. region this weekend

Forecasters expect heavy rain and possibly flash flooding as the remnants of Hurricane Laura pass through the New Jersey region on Saturday. 

6 years ago

Hurricane Laura moves through Louisiana
Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey
Public Safety

Elite N.J. team to aid Hurricane Laura rescue and recovery efforts in Louisiana

Forecasters had warned that the storm surge would be “unsurvivable” and the damage “catastrophic.”

6 years ago

Hurricane Laura
NPR
National
Public Safety

Hurricane Laura brings ‘catastrophic storm surge’ and fearsome winds to Gulf Coast

When the storm's eyewall moved onshore around 1 a.m. ET, forecasters told people in its path, "TAKE COVER NOW!"

6 years ago

Hurricane Laura
NPR
National
Public Safety

Hurricane Laura forecast to bring ‘unsurvivable’ storm surge as Category 4 storm

Forecasters project that some coastal areas near the Texas-Louisiana border could see life-threatening storm surge, which could impact areas up to 30 miles inland.

6 years ago

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