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Oscar Heading North After Making Landfall In Cuba As Hurricane Oscar Heading North After Making Landfall In Cuba As Hurricane
Oscar Heading North After Making Landfall In Cuba As Hurricane Oscar is now moving north after making landfall in eastern Cuba as a Category 1 hurricane. It's now a tropical storm on landfall on Sunday evening, Oct. 20 in eastern Cuba, where heavy rain will continue causing life-threatening flash flooding and mudslides on Monday, Oct. 21, according to the National Hurricane Center. Oscar formed rapidly over the weekend, After being upgraded to a tropical storm Saturday morning, Oct. 19, it strengthened to hurricane status just hours later. As it tracks north, Oscar will bring gusty winds and heavy rain to the southeastern Bahamas M…

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by Joe Lombardi
News
2.2 Magnitude Earthquake Rattles NJ 2.2 Magnitude Earthquake Rattles NJ
2.2 Magnitude Earthquake Rattles NJ Yes, again. A small earthquake rattled New Jersey overnight. According to the USGS, the 2.2-magnitude quake happened at 1:44 a.m. on Wednesday, July 31, five km east of Califon (Hunterdon County), which is located right along the Ramapo Fault. The Ramapo Fault Zone (🔴), the source of Friday's #earthquake (✴️), is becoming a household name!Let's get a little more familiar with it:-Spans more than 185 miles across PA, NJ, and NY-Initially blamed for the 1884 NYC quake (magnitude 5.2), but it wasn't the source… pic.twitter.com/4ypiND6BaH — Ben Noll (@BenNollWeather) April 6, 2024 Dozens …

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by Cecilia Levine
News
Support Surges For NJ Family Displaced By Ida Home Explosion Support Surges For NJ Family Displaced By Ida Home Explosion
Support Surges For NJ Family Displaced By Ida Home Explosion Support is on the rise for a New Jersey family displaced by a home explosion during Hurricane Ida. Meagan and Caesar Dommar, and their 4-month-old baby girl, Lila, were forced to leave their first home in Manville when the remnants of Hurricane Ida ripped through and flooded several parts of New Jersey on Sept. 2. Caesar and his father-in-law even rushed back to save the family’s cat from the rising floodwaters, according to a GoFundMe created for the family. Later that day, the home went up in flames and exploded as a result of a gas leak, according to the fundraiser, which had garnered n…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Ssssshhhh! Tree Falls On Washington Township Library Ssssshhhh! Tree Falls On Washington Township Library
Ssssshhhh! Tree Falls On Washington Township Library No one was injured when a tree fell Tuesday on the Washington Township Public Library. The library was temporarily closed while officials inspected the building and clear the wreckage. Township police also responded. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this report.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Flood Of Water, Mud, Rocks Pour Into Fairview Residents' Homes Flood Of Water, Mud, Rocks Pour Into Fairview Residents' Homes
Flood Of Water, Mud, Rocks Pour Into Fairview Residents' Homes The Red Cross temporarily relocated nearly three dozen Fairview residents after a river of rocks, mud and water flooded their garden apartments before dawn Thursday. The 13 or so families had until Friday to figure out what was next, given that the Red Cross, having deemed it a natural disaster, subsidized them for a day. There was no telling when they'd be permitted to live in their homes again. No one was hurt, Police Capt. Vincent M Bellucci said. The heavy rain "came rushing down" and broke through the storm line between Bergen Boulevard and Fairview Avenue below around 2:20…

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by Jerry DeMarco