{"id":522166,"date":"2026-08-21T11:09:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T15:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/?p=522166"},"modified":"2026-08-21T11:09:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T15:09:24","slug":"waterspout-turns-into-tornado-and-hits-new-jersey-as-severe-storms-batter-the-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/the-weather\/waterspout-turns-into-tornado-and-hits-new-jersey-as-severe-storms-batter-the-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Waterspout turns into tornado and hits New Jersey as severe storms batter the region"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A waterspout that developed into a tornado made landfall in Cape May Point, New Jersey, amid a series of intense storms affecting the area. The phenomenon produced maximum winds of about 105 km\/h, damaging trees and disrupting power, according to the National Weather Service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No deaths or serious injuries were reported in New Jersey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, severe storms caused flash flooding in parts of Brooklyn and Queens on Thursday, August 20, forcing closures along sections of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and Long Island Expressway. Forecasters had raised the flash-flood risk to Level 3 of 4, with rainfall rates approaching 2 inches per hour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A waterspout that developed into a tornado made landfall in Cape May Point, New Jersey, amid a series of intense storms affecting the area. The phenomenon produced maximum winds of about 105 km\/h, damaging trees and disrupting power, according to the National Weather Service. No deaths or serious injuries were reported in New Jersey. Meanwhile, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":522167,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[41284],"tags":[611],"class_list":["post-522166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-weather","tag-deultimominuto"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-2bQ2","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/IMG_4765.jpeg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Edith B\u00e1ez","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-11-at-11.09.56-AM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["The Weather"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/IMG_4765.jpeg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=522166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522166\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/522167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}