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NWS Confirms 80 MPH Winds In NJ Storm That Left 3 Dead
The National Weather Service says the severe storm that struck parts of Central Jersey Thursday, July 3, packed winds as strong as 80 miles per hour and caused widespread damage across multiple towns.
In a public information statement issued Friday afternoon, July 4, the NWS confirmed that the destruction — which caused three deaths — was caused by “straight-line winds and downbursts.”
The storm hit Somerset and Middlesex counties just after 6 p.m., tearing through North Plainfield, South Plainfield, Green Brook Township, Bound Brook, and Metuchen, the NWS said.
“Based on photos shared wit…
Three Killed In New Jersey As Storm Uproots Trees, Crushes Cars, Flattens Homes
A violent thunderstorm that ripped through New Jersey Thursday night, July 3, left three people dead — including a Middlesex woman, a 79-year-old man, and a 25-year-old Plainfield resident — and caused widespread destruction across Union and Somerset counties, officials said.
Storm photos in Edison below (scroll for fatal incidents).
Yesterday’s strong thunderstorm caused many wires, countless trees, branches and other debris to come down but... Posted by Mayor Sam Joshi on Friday, July 4, 2025
North Plainfield:
At around 6:30 p.m., a 44-year-old Middlesex woman was driving a 2018 …
NY Man Disappears On Couple's Trip To Turks And Caicos: Cops, Report
A 51-year-old tourist from New York has been reported missing in the Turks and Caicos Islands, according to the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force and Fox News.
Brian Tarrence, who recently moved from Monroe, NY to Manhattan, was last seen on June 25, after leaving his accommodations at the Paradise Inn in Grace Bay, Providenciales, according to island police and Fox.
“They seemed to be having a normal couple days, and he ended up walking out of his condo, which is in a very safe place and in the middle of Grace Bay Road,” the Tarrence family’s private investigator, Carl DeFazio, t…
Storms Knock Out Power To Thousands Across NJ; Thunderstorm Watch In Effect Until 10PM
Thousands of homes and businesses lost power across New Jersey on Thursday, July 3, as storms moved through the state, according to outage data from JCP&L and PSE&G.
As of 6:15 p.m., Sussex County had the most widespread outages, with 3,029 customers in the dark, JCP&L reported. The hardest-hit towns included:
Sparta, with 1,724 outages
Ogdensburg, with 404 outages
Andover, with 298 outages
Stillwater, with 210 outages
In Morris County, 1,295 customers were without power, including:
646 in Chester
265 in Mendham Borough
136 in Mendham Township
Smaller outages were reported in…
Shae McCusker, Former South Jersey Police Officer, Kean Lax Player, Dies At 30
Shock and sadness spread following the sudden death of former police officer and Kean lacrosse player Shae McCusker.
Shae, of Marlton, who passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, June 28 at just 30 years old, according to his obituary on the Bradley Funeral Home website.
Shae graduated from Cherokee High School and went on to attend Kean University, where he earned a criminal justice degree and played on the men’s lacrosse team, his obituary says. He later graduated top of his class from the Camden County Police Academy and joined the Waterford Township Police Department, fulfilling a childho…
Ambulance Plows Through Mount Holly Home With Patient, EMT On Board; 4 Hurt: Chief
An ambulance slammed into a Mount Holly home Thursday afternoon, July 3, injuring four people, officials said.
The crash happened around 3:36 p.m. on the 900 block of Woodlane Road, according to Police Chief Clifford Spencer. Two vehicles were involved, and the ambulance ended up hitting a residential property, he said.
Four people were hurt: a person inside the home, the ambulance driver, an EMT treating a patient, and the patient, according to Spencer. All injuries are believed to be non-life-threatening, he said.
“There are no signs of criminal activity associated with this crash,” Spen…
