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About 1.4 million New Jerseyans have been left without power after Tropical Storm Isaias blew across the Garden State on Tuesday. Electric utilities and Gov. Phil Murphy warned that it could take days for some parts of New Jersey to have electricity restored. PSE&G, the state’s largest utility, described Isaias as “among the strongest storms …

Nearly 1 million homes and businesses in New Jersey remained without power as early Wednesday, a day after Tropical Storm Isaias brought fierce winds, heavy rains and even tornados to some parts of the state. “Some of these outages may last for a few days due to the severity of the storm,” Gov. Phil Murphy …

Isaias reached sustained winds of 85 mph Monday, becoming a Category 1 hurricane, before reaching land near Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina, around 11:10 p.m., according to the National Hurricane Center. It was downgraded to a tropical storm early Tuesday morning, with maximum sustained winds lowered to 70 mph. But Isaias is still carrying dangerous, …

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — Meteorologist David Murphy says some evening downpours are likely on Monday, but the bulk of the rain and high winds from Isaias occur on Tuesday. Flash flooding is possible. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING is in effect for Philadelphia along with Montgomery, Bucks, Chester and Delaware counties; southern New Jersey including Atlantic, Burlington, …

Three to six inches of rain, with locally heavier amounts, are predicted. “This amount of rain is likely to result in significant flash flooding of small streams and creeks Monday night into Tuesday evening,” the National Weather Service office serving Washington and Baltimore wrote Sunday afternoon. Low-lying, poor drainage areas will also be susceptible to …

Tropical Storm Isaias now has maximum sustained winds of 65 mph. A Hurricane Warning along the east coast of Florida has been replaced with a Tropical Storm Warning that’s been extended northward along the coast to South Santee River, South Carolina. A Storm Surge Watch is also in effect from Edisto Beach, South Carolina, north …

Boaters asked to move their vessels accordingly Brevard County announced Saturday night that it will lock down the Mathers Bridge in the vehicle traffic only position on Sunday, August 2. BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – Brevard County announced Saturday night that it will lock down the Mathers Bridge in the vehicle traffic only position on Sunday, …

MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Tropical storm conditions from Hurricane Isaias are spreading over the Central Bahamas. At 2 p.m., Friday, the center of the storm was about 245 miles southeast of Nassau, Bahamas. It was moving to the northwest at 16 mph with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph. Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 35 …

The storm is delivering 50 mph sustained winds extending outward up to 345 miles, and currently sits about 155 miles south of Ponce, Puerto Rico, NHC said. Isaias is forecast to make landfall over southern Dominican Republic before noon Thursday and then reach near Florida over the weekend. There is uncertainty where and how strong …