Avisos

Air Quality Alert issued June 22 at 3:45PM EDT by NWS Mount Holly NJThe New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection hasissued a code orange air quality alert Sunday for Ocean andSoutheastern Burlington Counties.A code orange air quality alert means that air pollutionconcentrations within the region may become unhealthy forsensitive groups. Sensitive groups include children...peoplesuffering from asthma... heart disease or other lungdiseases...and the elderly. The effects of air pollution canbe minimized by avoiding strenuous activity or exercise outdoors.For more information on ground-level ozone and fineparticles...visit http://www.state.nj.us/dep/

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Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued June 23 at 10:36PM EDT until June 23 at 11:00PM EDT by NWS Mount Holly NJAt 1036 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a lineextending from Pleasant Plains to near Beachwood to near WarrenGrove, moving east at 50 mph.HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.SOURCE...Radar indicated.IMPACT...Damage to roofs, siding, trees, and power lines ispossible.Locations impacted include...Toms River, Barnegat, Beachwood, Manasquan, Point Pleasant Beach,Tuckerton, Seaside Heights, Lakehurst, Surf City, Mantoloking,Leisure Village, Wading River, Dover Beaches North, Holiday CitySouth, Pleasant Plains, Warren Grove, Cedar Glen West, LeisureVillage East, Dover Beaches South, and Holiday City-Berkeley.This includes Garden State Parkway between mile markers 51 and 92.For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of abuilding.Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leadingkillers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough tobe struck by lightning.

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