{"id":262817,"date":"2026-08-10T20:14:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T20:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/262817\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T20:14:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T20:14:12","slug":"69-news-berks-edition-at-530-checking-in-with-community-members-following-colombia-earthquake-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/262817\/","title":{"rendered":"69 News Berks Edition at 5:30 &#8211; Checking in with community members following Colombia earthquake | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bulletin: &#8230;A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT<br \/>\nFOR NORTHWESTERN LEHIGH&#8230;SOUTHEASTERN CARBON&#8230;SOUTHWESTERN MONROE<br \/>\nAND WEST CENTRAL NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>At 341 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near New Mahoning,<br \/>\nor near Lehighton, moving east at 40 mph.<\/p>\n<p>HAZARD&#8230;60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.<\/p>\n<p>SOURCE&#8230;Radar indicated.<\/p>\n<p>IMPACT&#8230;Damage to roofs, siding, trees, and power lines is<br \/>\npossible.<\/p>\n<p>Locations impacted include&#8230;<br \/>\nAllentown, Lehighton, Northampton, Palmerton, Jim Thorpe, Slatington,<br \/>\nNesquehoning, Weatherly, Walnutport, New Mahoning, Kunkletown, Neffs,<br \/>\nCoffeetown, New Tripoli, Berlinsville, Emerald, Claussville,<br \/>\nDanielsville, Wanamakers, and Beltzville State Park.<\/p>\n<p>This includes the following highways&#8230;<br \/>\nNortheast Extension between mile markers 56 and 81.<br \/>\nInterstate 78 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 49 and 55.<\/p>\n<p>PRECAUTIONARY\/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a<br \/>\nbuilding.<\/p>\n<p>To report severe weather contact your nearest law enforcement agency.<br \/>\nThey will send your report to the National Weather Service office in<br \/>\nMount Holly NJ.<\/p>\n<p>Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to<br \/>\nflash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.<\/p>\n<p>&amp;&amp;<\/p>\n<p>HAIL THREAT&#8230;RADAR INDICATED;<br \/>\nMAX HAIL SIZE&#8230;0.75 IN;<br \/>\nWIND THREAT&#8230;RADAR INDICATED;<br \/>\nMAX WIND GUST&#8230;60 MPH<\/p>\n<p>Info: <\/p>\n<p>Type: Severe Thunderstorm Warning<\/p>\n<p>start_time_local: 2026-08-10T15:41:00-04:00<\/p>\n<p>end_time_local: 2026-08-10T16:00:00-04:00<\/p>\n<p>county_name: Monroe County<\/p>\n<p>state: PA<\/p>\n<p>headline: Severe Thunderstorm Warning until MON 4:00 PM EDT<\/p>\n<p>county_fips: <\/p>\n<p>category: Met<\/p>\n<p>url: <\/p>\n<p>urgency: Immediate<\/p>\n<p>severity: Severe<\/p>\n<p>certainty: Observed<\/p>\n<p>geographicname: Monroe County<\/p>\n<p>state_name: Pennsylvania<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bulletin: &#8230;A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR NORTHWESTERN LEHIGH&#8230;SOUTHEASTERN CARBON&#8230;SOUTHWESTERN MONROE AND&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":125951,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":["post-262817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262817\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}