Ping Pong-Sized Hail, 70 MPH Winds Threaten North Jersey, Lehigh Valley
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect until 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 6, for parts of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said.
Residents in Philadelphia, Trenton, Allentown, Reading, and across North and Central Jersey are impacted, the NWS said.
“Isolated thunderstorms have developed over portions of the region,” the National Weather Service said in a Tuesday afternoon update. “The primary threat will be for hail and damaging winds across eastern PA and northern/central NJ.”
Threats include:
Scattered hail up to ping-pong ball size
Wind gusts …
'Demon In The House' Raped Children, Beat Victims, Locked Them In Closet For Years: Chesco DA
A Chester County man repeatedly raped children, choked and beat his victims, and locked them in a closet to keep them silent, the Chester County District Attorney’s Office announced on Tuesday, April 22.
Sean Crawford, 46, was found guilty of sexually abusing multiple children—starting when one was just 9 years old—and an intimate partner over a five-year span, prosecutors said.
Crawford used brutal tactics to control and isolate his victims, according to investigators. He locked them in a small closet as punishment and told them he would kill them if they ever spoke up about the abuse. He …
2 Children, Adult Struck; MedEvac Called Near Lancaster County Church (Developing)
Three people, including two children, were struck by a vehicle in Salisbury Township, Lancaster County, prompting a medical helicopter response, authorities said.
The crash happened near the intersection of Old Philadelphia Pike and Mount Vernon Road, close to Old Road Mennonite Church, around 2:58 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 10, according to Lancaster County Wide Communications.
Emergency crews from Lancaster and Chester counties arrived to find an adult victim unresponsive, prompting life-saving measures at the scene, officials said. A helicopter was called in to transport the adult to a hospita…
