Tornado touches down in Collings Lakes, N.J., NWS confirms
After a chaotic and emotional day, the clean-up effort in Collings Lakes, New Jersey, is just beginning in this community.
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After a chaotic and emotional day, the clean-up effort in Collings Lakes, New Jersey, is just beginning in this community.
The National Weather Service said the Stanton and Marshallton tornado in New Castle County, Delaware Thursday night was rated an EF1. Peak wind speed was 95 miles an hour and its path was more than a mile. No one was hurt. Ryan Hughes reports at one of the hardest hit areas in Sherwood Park.
Part of the roof was torn off an Acme in New Castle County, Delaware as a confirmed tornado touched down on Thursday night. Ryan Hughes is in the Sherwood Park neighborhood with a look at the damage around the area.
Residents in Delaware said the storm moved through fast and left plenty of damage behind.
After conducting a storm survey, the National Weather Service Mount Holly confirmed Saturday afternoon that an EF-0 landspout tornado touched down in Lawrence Township, New Jersey, between 5:59-6 p.m. Friday.
"Tornado Alley" used to refer to the central Plains region, but research shows new areas of the Midwest and Southeast now face a greater threat.
The Philadelphia region won't be experiencing any severe weather on Thursday night.
Video shows a confirmed EF-1 tornado in Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania, as severe storms hit the state on Monday.
Staff from the National Weather Service's State College office confirmed an EF-1 tornado with winds up to 90 mph touched down in Mahanoy City, a town in Schuylkill County about 40 minutes south of Wilkes-Barre, after surveying the storm damage Tuesday.
Powerful storms left a wide trail of destruction in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina and Missouri. But there were also remarkable stories of survival.
A preliminary hearing is set for Tuesday afternoon for Costas Nick Alestas, who is a former Bethlehem school police officer charged with sexually assaulting a student.
Nationwide, at least 23 people have been killed as severe storms that spawned tornadoes spread across the United States, with Texas bracing for more potentially severe weather on Tuesday. Out in Mahanoy City in Schuylkill County, about 40 minutes outside of Wilkes-Barre, a possible tornado was spotted. No injuries were reported as a result of this possible tornado and the National Weather Service is heading out to survey the damage. There was also a tornado warning issued Monday for Lancaster, Pennsylvania due to rotation observed on radar.
Powerful storms left a trail of devastation in their wake after spawning possible tornadoes in parts of Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas overnight.
The Pittsburgh area had seen four confirmed tornadoes on Friday.
More than 100 tornadoes were detected in six states in the Midwest over the weekend.
The severe storms left six people dead, dozens injured, and caused widespread damage to homes and businesses.
Nashville police identified two of the victims killed as a mother and her two-year-old son, while her other child survived.
A tornado was confirmed in Fayette County near Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park campground overnight.
The National Weather Service says two tornadoes touched down in South Jersey during storms Thursday night.
The National Weather Service has confirmed that the extensive damage that occurred in Midway Manor, Allentown was due to a tornado.
The National Weather Service sent a team to Allentown on Tuesday and determined there was a tornado, Jan Carabeo reports.
The severe storms on Monday night prompted Tornado Warning across the Philadelphia region.
The threat of tornados on Monday night is bringing back memories for first responders of another tornado that moved through South Jersey nearly two years ago.
On September 2, 2021, an EF-3 tornado, with winds up to 150 miles per hour, tore through a Mullica Hill neighborhood.
Weather officials say there were five reports of possible tornadoes across Illinois and at least one confirmed tornado touching down about 10 miles from Chicago.
