Officials Check Beach Erosion As Storm Moves From New Jersey
Officials are assessing damage one day after nor'easter packing powerful winds and heavy rain hit the New Jersey shore.
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Officials are assessing damage one day after nor'easter packing powerful winds and heavy rain hit the New Jersey shore.
The grants will fund projects that will reduce storm problems in the Hereford inlet section.
Even as the water fell in some areas, it was rising in other places downstream, where people furiously filled sandbags and fled to shelters.
First responders and tow truck drivers were busy from afternoon through evening.
A deluge of rain on parts of West Virginia destroyed or damaged more than 100 homes, knocked out power to tens of thousands of homes and businesses and killed more than 20 people.
A 64-year-old woman and four grandchildren were killed early Saturday after a creek flooded an East Texas neighborhood.
By early afternoon, most stretches of Routes 100 and 926 near the creek were reopening as the waters began receding.
"As one of his earliest supporters during both of his runs for Governor and having met and interacted with him and his family numerous times over the course of his terms as Governor, I am disappointed that he would lower himself as much as he did."
The comparisons of this weekend's winter storm are to Hurricane Sandy. Some leaders of shore towns say this storm did more harm. Governor Christie sees it another way.
The mayor of Sea Isle City, Len Desiderio, called in to Eyewitness News to give an update on how the shore town is handling the winter storm.
Mayor Suzanne Walters tells Eyewitness News, "It's pretty bad. The town is totally without power."
The shore is dealing with extreme flooding as a winter storm barrels down on the region.
Whipping winds and heavy rains battered many shore towns this weekend.
Downed trees and power lines have caused power outages in the area.
Heavy rain is expected this weekend as remnants from Tropical Storm Bill spin eastward into the Delaware Valley. A Flood Watch is in effect for our entire region Saturday evening through Sunday because of the threat of downpours and flooding.
Storms swept through the region on Monday, bringing heavy rain and causing flash flooding.
The northbound lanes of Interstate 476 between Broomall/Upper Darby (Exit 9) and Saint Davids/Villanova (Exit 13) were shut down for about an hour after a night of heavy rain.
Police in Toms River, Ocean County rescued roughly two dozen drivers Thursday afternoon, after powerful rain and hail hit much of the area. Many roads are still flooded.
The review will involve approximately 144,000 claims and not limit corrective action to 2,200 that are currently in litigation.
Rising temperatures were helping melt the snow, but hindering some from getting around parts of Philadelphia on foot Saturday.
Towns had time to prepare for this one, and the storm itself didn't hit as hard as predicted.
More than ten years and $27 million later, one of Bucks County's largest-ever flood mitigation projects has come to end with a ceremony along the Neshaminy Creek.
A new report by the Union of Concerned Scientists projects that in the next three decades years, Philadelphia could go from about 19 tidal flooding events per year to more than 200.
Scattered strong to possibly severe thunderstorms will continue to impact the Delaware Valley overnight.
Some storms will contain heavy downpours and the possibility of small hail.
