New Report: Extreme Downpours and Snowstorms Up 33 Percent NJ Scientists Link Trend to Global Warming

Environment New Jersey Research and Policy Center press release

Trenton—Just days a series of severe storms ripped through Central Jersey, leading to severe rains and flooding that devastated the town of Freehold, a new Environment New Jersey report confirms that extreme rainstorms and snowstorms are happening 33 percent more frequently in New Jersey since 1948. The Central Jersey storm followed a June 29^th storm that brought high winds and rain to Southern Jersey, now considered one of the most destructive and severe thunderstorms in the region’s history. 206,000 people in Atlantic, Cumberland, and Salem counties lost power following the June 29^th storm.