WPG Chief Meteorologist Dan Zarrow pins blame on Tropical Storm Peter, which is about 1,700 miles southeast of New Jersey, and Tropical Storm Rose about 3,000 miles away.
A U.S. Coast Guard crew from Coast Guard Station Beach Haven and the Beach Haven Volunteer Fire Department rescued six boaters after their 30-foot boat struck a steel pole channel marker near Ham Island early Sunday morning.
Long Beach Island visitors were briefly stuck in place Sunday morning as a police investigation spurred the closure of Route 72 — the only route on and off the island.
A boat fire Saturday afternoon at The Boatyard and Marina in Manahawkin damaged a portion of the bulkhead and forced the closure of the Beer Garden bar for the rest of the day.
The Long Beach Island Health Department says they are investigating an 'active community cluster' of COVID-19 cases with at least 11 so far stemming from teen club nights in the Beach Haven area.
Officials with the National Weather Service office in Mt. Holly say it was an EF2 tornado that plowed across portions of Long Beach Island Thursday night with winds as high as 115 MPH.