The city is hosting a concert Sunday, starting at 4 p.m., to raise funds to help residents who are struggling to recover. Volunteers will also start helping residents who are disabled that need to clean out their homes.

New Jersey is under a state of emergency after a flash flood caused at least two deaths in Plainfield and damage across Union County.

The odds of being struck by lightning is less than one in a million in a given year, according to the Centers for Disease Control. But people have died from lightning strikes in New Jersey before. In June 2024, a Manchester man was killed in Seaside Park.

A young man passed away on Monday, nearly one week after he was struck by lightning while playing on a golf course in Hardyston, New Jersey.

The U.S. Drought Monitor has released its latest update, revealing that massive rain storms this summer have effectively erased the drought

Simon John Mariani, 28, was struck on the 15th hole at the Ballyowen Golf Course in Hardyston on Tuesday, July 8.

A 27-year-old deliveryman described the moments after a lightning strike during storms earlier this week that narrowly missed him.

Two men were killed in Plainfield on July 3 when their car was hit by a fallen tree on Myrtle Avenue. One was a 79-year-old North Plainfield resident, the other a 25-year-old who resided in Plainfield, officials said.