Read today's The Express-Times online
You can scroll through a version of Tuesday's paper here. Lehigh Valley Media Group announced Monday afternoon The Express-Times will not be delivered to homes this morning.The decision was made with...
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Fourteen dead after Superstorm Sandy slams New Jersey; New York floods
More than five million people are estimated without power. Superstorm Sandy slammed into the New Jersey coastline with 80 mph winds Monday night and hurled an unprecedented 13-foot surge of seawater...
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Berks County man among three dead in Pennsylvania from Superstorm Sandy
Hundred of thousands are without power as the storm moves across the state. A one-two punch of rain and high wind from a monster hybrid storm that started out as a hurricane battered Pennsylvania...
View ArticleLehigh Valley, northwest New Jersey eye Sandy's gentler side; 333,000 in dark
Met-Ed was to start its work at 3 o'clock this morning while PPL aimed for 7 o'clock. But with the eye moving past, the back side of the storm could scuttle efforts. Met-Ed, weather permitting, was to...
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Sandy's eye leaves behind relative calm but still a storm in Lehigh Valley,...
The disastrous weather of Monday night has evolved into a blustery, rainy day. A dispatcher at the Northampton County emergency communications center in Upper Nazareth Township was relieved. After a...
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Sandy had little impact on major rivers in Lehigh Valley, northwest New Jersey
The Delaware in Easton and the Lehigh in Bethlehem are nowhere near flood stage. The one thing that didn't happen while everything else did as the brutal Superstorm Sandy made a devastating trip...
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Route 22 shut between 13th Street in Easton and Route 33 in Bethlehem...
A downed utility is causing the problem, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation reports. Route 22 was closed after an incident involving wires and a broken power poll at 25th Street....
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Huge fire hits 50 homes in Queens neighborhood of New York City
Rescues reportedly had to be made by boat. The weather had an impact on response and fighting the blaze, a newspaper reports. As Monday night's storm raged, 50 homes caught fire in a Queens, N.Y.,...
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Nuclear plants shut down during Sandy
Oyster Creek power plant in South Jersey declared an alert due to rising water, but is deemed safe. The Oyster Creek nuclear power plant in South Jersey declared an alert due to rising water, but is...
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Gov. Chris Christie: Jersey Shore damage from Sandy 'unthinkable'
Parts of amusement piers at Seaside Heights have washed into the Atlantic Ocean and homes were swept off foundations. Kim Johnson today looks over the destruction near her seaside apartment in...
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Power companies get first look at Sandy's wrath; restoring power will take...
Met-Ed and JCP&L will assess the damage and then figure out how to get the power back on to nearly 150,000 customers. Power companies have begun to assess the damage of superstorm Sandy and hope...
View ArticleRose M. Werner Hirko, served as a recruiter for the Miller-Keystone Memorial...
She was a member and past president of the Avona Women's Shuffleboard League, West Easton. Rose M. Werner Hirko, 60, of Palmer Township, was stricken at home and passed away unexpectedly Saturday at...
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Traffic lights without power should be treated as stop signs, PennDOT says
Also, a new Pennsylvania law carries stiff penalties for those who ignore road closures. Find a list of local Pa., N.J. roads closed. PennDOT has a message for drivers who come to traffic lights...
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LANTA bus, van services resuming Wednesday
The authority recommends passengers concerned about van service should call their carriers. A LANTA bus stops in Downtown Easton. The authority announced bus and van services will resume Wednesday....
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President Obama to region hit by Sandy: 'America is with you'
The White House says Obama will travel to storm-stricken New Jersey on Wednesday to view damage and thank first responders with Gov. Chris Christie. President Barack Obama speaks today about...
View ArticlePPL Electric Utilities customers can get free ice, water
Customers can receive up to three 10-pound bags of ice and three gallons of water daily from area stores. See a list of LOCATIONS and vote in the NEWS POLL. PPL Electric Utilities customers without...
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Certain flights resume at Lehigh Valley International Airport
LVIA is ready for flights but US Airways, Allegiant and Frontier airlines have yet to restart schedules. A traveler walks by one of the new departure time flat screens at Lehigh Valley International...
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Wind gust of 81 mph in Allentown was strongest in Pennsylvania during storm
A spotter for the National Weather Service reported the gust happened at 9:19 p.m. Allentown was the site of the highest reported wind gust in Pennsylvania during the devastating Superstorm Sandy,...
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Power companies warn customers to be ready for lengthy restoration period
Power companies are telling customers to brace to outages up to seven to 10 days. A lamppost was brought down with power lines Tuesday morning on Uncas Street off Delaware Avenue in Bethlehem...
View ArticleSuperstorm Sandy: Pennsylvania roundup
Information on injuries/deaths, power outages, key road closings and more around the Keystone State. INJURIES/DEATHSFive people were killed, including an 8-year-old Susquehanna County boy who died...
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