{"id":59741,"date":"2025-12-13T02:37:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T02:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/59741\/"},"modified":"2025-12-13T02:37:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T02:37:15","slug":"new-jersey-declares-state-of-emergency-amid-freezing-temps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/59741\/","title":{"rendered":"New Jersey declares state of emergency amid freezing temps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From Camden and Cherry Hill to Trenton and the Jersey Shore, what about life in New Jersey do you want WHYY News to cover? <a href=\"#Section1\">Let us know.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>New Jersey has declared a state of emergency for Friday due to a propane shortage in the state as temperatures dip below freezing.\n<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.gov\/governor\/news\/news\/562025\/approved\/20251211a.shtml\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">release from Gov. Phil Murphy\u2019s office<\/a>, the shortage was caused by a power outage at a propane distribution plant in Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania. The gas refinery is now open \u201conly on an intermittent basis,\u201d according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nj.gov\/infobank\/eo\/056murphy\/pdf\/EO-408.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">executive order<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs temperatures continue to drop, ensuring that every person has access to a safe, warm environment is essential,\u201d Murphy said in a release. \u201cI am declaring a State of Emergency to ensure that the approximately 186,000 New Jerseyans who rely on propane for home heating purposes can receive it without interruption. This <a href=\"https:\/\/nj.gov\/infobank\/eo\/056murphy\/pdf\/EO-408.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Executive Order<\/a> expands delivery capabilities to keep homes heated and families secure.\u201d\n  <\/p>\n<p>The order will extend the hours for commercial motor carriers to transport propane from 11 to 14 hours, with 10 consecutive hours of off-duty time required between driving time.\n<\/p>\n<p>According to the National Weather Service, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weather.gov\/wrh\/TextProduct?product=afdphi&amp;fbclid=iwy2xjawoofhrlehrua2flbqixmabicmlketfpdtvqewnodultogcznejoc3j0ywzhchbfawqqmjiymdm5mtc4odiwmdg5mgabhns_allycxv_i7nhmusuwgxmx_p6yyidmduxkitux0vhhclzxxf6pr8imwmh_aem_0bvye9jx8gl9zaipbke7jw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">short snow squalls are possible<\/a> in the northern part of the state. Temperatures are expected to drop below 20 degrees overnight, and on Friday, temperatures will be in the low- to mid-30s for most of the day.\n        <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From Camden and Cherry Hill to Trenton and the Jersey Shore, what about life in New Jersey do&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":59742,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[915,28,30,29,32522],"class_list":["post-59741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-new-jersey","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-state-of-emergency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59741","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=59741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59741\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}