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Tornado Touchdowns Confirmed In Lower Mt. Bethel Township Tornado Touchdowns Confirmed In Lower Mt. Bethel Township
Tornado Touchdowns Confirmed In Lower Mt. Bethel Township A pair of tornados touched down in New Jersey and Pennsylvania during Monday, June 26's afternoon storms, the National Weather Service confirmed. Few details have been released in the twisters that touched down in Bernardsville (Somerset County, NJ) and Lower Mt. Bethel Township (Northampton County, PA). The PA tornado — rated an EF-o on the Enhanced Fujita scale — started at 2:58 p.m. and ended at 3:04 p.m., CBS reports citing the National Weather Service. The tornado reached winds of 65 mph and traveled 3.37 miles, the National Weather Service said. As of Tuesday morning, June …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Crews Douse Lehigh Valley Car Fire (PHOTOS) Crews Douse Lehigh Valley Car Fire (PHOTOS)
Crews Douse Lehigh Valley Car Fire (Photos) Fire crews were quick to extinguish a car that went up in flames in the Lehigh Valley area Monday morning. The blaze was reported near Martins Creek on Alpha Avenue in Lower Mt. Bethel Township just after 11 a.m., the Sandt's Eddy Fire Company said. Firefighters quickly doused the blaze and prevented it from spreading to the adjacent house or surrounding brush, the department said. The fire required “extensive time” for cleanup, and crews cleared the scene around 2 p.m. “Great stop by the day shift ‘fire stoppers,” the department said. Assisting agencies include Assistant Chiefs 2652 an…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Tractor-Trailer Driver Misjudges Curve, Hits Dump Truck In Northampton County (PHOTOS) Tractor-Trailer Driver Misjudges Curve, Hits Dump Truck In Northampton County (PHOTOS)
Tractor-Trailer Driver Misjudges Curve, Hits Dump Truck In Northampton County (Photos) A tractor-trailer collided with a dump truck in Northampton County early Thursday, causing a temporary road closure, authorities said. The tractor-trailer was heading southbound on Belvidere-Martins Creek Highway and Route 611 when it struck a dump truck that was stopped at a stop sign near South Delaware Drive in Lower Mt. Bethel Township shortly before 6:25 a.m., according to the Lower Mt. Bethel Sandt's Eddy Fire Company. The driver had “misjudged the curve” and continued into the field ahead for about 75 feet, the fire company said. The roadway was temporarily closed as crews rigged a…

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by Valerie Musson