Nor’easter Takes Aim: What To Do Now Before Conditions Worsen, Power Outages Strike
The best time to prepare for a dark home is before the lights go out.
The National Weather Service recommends stocking essential supplies before a storm disrupts power, communications, or access to stores. Its preparedness checklist offers practical steps as the weekend Nor’easter approaches.
AAA Northeast also urged residents Friday, Sept. 25, to prepare their homes, vehicles, and travel plans for wind, rain, and coastal flooding, according to its emailed news release.
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Multi-Threat Nor'easter Update: Dangerous Winds, Heavy Rain, Big Waves Could Last Days
A days-long, multi-threat Nor'easter is set to bring heavy rain that could cause flooding and damaging winds that could cause power outages, stretching from the Carolinas to Cape Cod.
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The National Weather Service warned Wednesday, Sept. 23, that southern New England faces a prolonged stretch of rain, strong winds, and coastal flooding beginning Friday, Sept. 25. Trees still carrying their leaves increase the concern for wind damage.
Cape Cod and the islands could see gusts approach…
Power Outages Soar Past 100K After Severe Storms Slam Pennsylvania Again
More than 100,000 homes and businesses were without power across Pennsylvania on Friday, Sept. 4, after another round of severe storms brought destructive winds, torrential rain, flooding, and tornado warnings.
Approximately 102,700 customers remained in the dark Friday morning, more than twice the 43,000 reported Thursday morning and five times Wednesday afternoon’s total, according to PowerOutage.us.
The latest storms shifted the heart of the outage crisis to western Pennsylvania. The hardest-hit counties included:
Westmoreland County: 42,045 outages.
Allegheny County: 20,667 outages.
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2 Tornadoes Tear Through PA, Including York, As EF2 With 120 MPH Winds Rips Off Roofs
Two tornadoes tore through York and Lancaster counties within minutes of each other, including an EF2 packing 120 mph winds that ripped roofs off parts of Eastern York High School, the National Weather Service confirmed Friday night, Aug. 21.
The stronger tornado touched down south of Wrightsville at 4:24 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 20, carving a 1.07-mile path through eastern York County before lifting just two minutes later, according to the NWS damage survey.
Just four minutes after that tornado lifted, an EF1 with estimated peak winds of 100 mph touched down in Columbia Borough, where buildings…
Video: Tornado Rips Through Long Island Beach Club, Damaging Cabanas, Buildings
A tornado that began as a waterspout off Long Island tore through a private beach club, damaging dozens of cabanas and other structures and forcing two clubs to close indefinitely.
The tornado touched down at the far west end of Atlantic Beach between 6:30 and 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 20, the National Weather Service confirmed. Radar, video of the waterspout coming ashore, and damage near the Sun and Surf Beach Club confirmed the touchdown, the agency said.
Sun and Surf, located in the Village of Atlantic Beach, said the tornado caused "significant damage to numerous cabanas and buildings."
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Tornadoes, Damaging Winds Possible As Severe Storms Take Aim At DC, Maryland, Virginia: NWS
Enjoy the quiet while it lasts.
A muggy Thursday could take a nasty turn across DC, Maryland and Virginia as the afternoon wears on, with severe storms threatening to bring damaging winds, hail, flooding and even a few tornadoes into the evening, forecasters say.
The timing isn't ideal.
Storms are expected to begin firing during the afternoon before becoming more widespread through roughly 4 to 6 p.m., putting parts of the Baltimore-Washington corridor in the crosshairs around the evening commute, according to the National Weather Service.
Much of the region east of the Blue Ridge is unde…
