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The California Wildfires Are Bringing Haze to Philly

I had a feeling I wasn’t seeing things yesterday; Anyone else notice haze hanging over the city? Apparently it was a product of the massive, deadly wildfires […]

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City Life

Snowstorm Recap: Wandering Camel, Happy Gritty, Travel Woes

Thursday’s winter event took most of us by surprise: What started as a lovely, late-morning flurry developed into all hell breaking loose on the streets of […]

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Remnants of Florence to Bring Downpours to Philly Area on Tuesday

What’s left of deadly Hurricane Florence, a tropical depression as of 5 a.m. on Monday, will make its way to the Philadelphia area on Tuesday, […]

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The Rain Continues: Coastal Flood Warning in Effect for Jersey Shore

Bad news for those cursing the miserable weather this weekend: The rain isn’t letting up anytime soon. In fact, the forecast is particularly bad at the Jersey […]

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City Life

Philly Schools to Close Early Thursday Due to Heat

The School District of Philadelphia has extended this week’s heat-related early dismissals to Thursday. Public schools first announced on Monday that they would close at 1 p.m. […]

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City Life

Summer Isn’t Over Yet: Heat Advisory, Code Orange Issued for Philly Region

We may have been blessed with a few fall-like days recently, but it’s still August — evidently. The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory […]

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Philly Schools Will Send Students Home Early Due to “Excessive Heat”

On Monday afternoon, the School District of Philadelphia announced that students at all Philly schools will be dismissed early on Tuesday and Wednesday due to […]

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City Life

PHOTOS: Schuylkill River Near Flood Stage After Monday’s Heavy Rains

The torrential downpours that flooded parts of the region on Monday have prompted the Schuylkill River to rise near flood stage. According to the National Weather Service, […]

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Flash Flooding Update: Waters Surge at the KOP Mall, Upper Darby

Rain has drenched parts the region in problems on Monday. As forecasters warned us in the morning, downpours have prompted flash flooding in the Philadelphia area […]

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City Life

Brace Yourselves for Three-Digit Temps in Philly

The dog days of summer are here, and the city is firmly in the grips of more extreme heat — as if we didn’t hate […]

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City Life

This Blasted Heat Wave Is Finally Coming to an End

Relief is coming, Philly. Forecasters say the heat wave that has stifled the city for nearly a week will finally come to an end on […]

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City Life

Get Ready for Philadelphia’s First Heat Wave of the Summer

Philly, here comes the inevitable: the first heat wave of the summer. Forecasters say we’re in for our first stretch of dangerously high temperatures starting […]

City Life

Forecasters: Severe Thunderstorms Could Bring Lime-Sized Hail, Damaging Winds

The weather might seem positively blissful this Tuesday afternoon — but you’ll probably want to take cover in just a short while. The National Weather […]

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Mother Nature Is Playing a Belated April Fools’ Joke on Philly

If you thought our terrible winter weather was going to end in March, you were wrong. Here we are on April 2nd, enduring an unpleasant wintry […]

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PHOTOS: Scenes From That Nor’easter None of Us Wanted

Philly would have preferred windbreaker weather over the fourth nor’easter of March. Nonetheless, here we are looking at four inches of fresh white snow in […]