5 Tornadoes Confirmed In NJ. Here's Where They Hit: Patch PM

Good evening, North Jersey Patch readers! Here are some of the share-worthy stories from our area for today.

Here are the top five stories from North Jersey:

1. Investigators with the National Weather Service confirmed there were five tornadoes in New Jersey during the severe storms that hit the region on Thursday. (Read more on Patch)
2. After city workers cleaned up a conspicuous pool of blood on a residential street at a Hoboken corner Sunday, numerous residents posted on Facebook, concerned about what it was. (Read more on Patch)
3. The COVID-19 delta variant has put the brakes on a popular crawfish festival that typically brings a nationwide crowd, into the thousands, to the Sussex County Fairgrounds. (Read more on Patch)
4. A Trenton man was arrested in the shooting death of a transgender woman, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri said. (Read more on Patch)
5. A Gloucester County community is mourning the death of a single father and three young family members who were killed in a fatal car crash in Westville that took place Saturday night. The third child involved in the crash was his niece. (Read more on Patch)

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