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The Heat is Here-Everything to Know About Heat Waves
What is a heat wave? The simple answer is that a heat wave describes a period of abnormally hot weather lasting two or more days. A heat wave is relative to the area that it occurs in and the average temperatures there. Temperatures must be outside the historical...
Stay Ahead Of The Storm This Hurricane Season
June 1 marks the official start of hurricane season in the Atlantic basin. The season is said to end November 30, with the peak around Sept. 10 and most activity occurring between mid-August and mid-October. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
Keep Yourself and Your Stuff Dry With This Flood Checklist
In 2022, floods and flash floods caused nearly $2.8 billion worth of property and crop damage across the United States. Additionally, the national 30-year average for flood deaths is around 127 per year, half vehicle-related. The best way to combat the impact of...
Memories of the March 1962 Storm by Tom Quirk
I remember it like it was yesterday. I was nine-years-old and about to turn 10 in three weeks. It started raining Monday night but by Tuesday the wind was really howling, and the rain was coming down torrentially. We had a big bay window in my bedroom which was...
New Jersey Coastal Coalition Unveils Report Detailing Flood Risks in Coastal Communities
AVALON – The New Jersey Coastal Coalition has released a comprehensive report highlighting specific flood risks in 13 select communities associated with the Coalition. The report, a joint investigative project involving the United States Army Corps of Engineers and...