Justine McDaniel

The cause of the deadly blast was under investigation, and the street’s residents were displaced. Neighbors said the explosion felt like an earthquake or a bomb,

Hurricane season is here again, and for Philadelphia-area residents, the memory of Ida is still fresh. As climate change supercharges severe weather events, seasonal anxiety is becoming more common.

The Thursday fire did not release toxic compounds at levels that would threaten human health, city health officials said.

“Yesterday was a dark day for Philadelphia,” Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw said, calling the shooting an atrocity.

Philadelphia is poised to challenge the law in the state Supreme Court.

Pennsylvania members of Congress are hoping to prevent other deadly blazes with new legislation that would require hardwired or tamper-resistant smoke alarms in public housing.

Investigators did not have a suspect or a motive for the shooting by early Tuesday morning.

Authorities were still attempting to determine who fired a gun during Monday night’s Independence Day celebrations, in a shooting that injured two officers and caused the evacuation of the Parkway.

As officers dismantled tents that had been set up on the lawn of the affordable housing complex at 40th and Market Streets, demonstrators chanted: “Housing is a human right.”

The Mackay-Sell family wanted to keep their Montgomery County home, despite Ida’s damage. So they made a drastic decision: Lift the house higher than future floodwaters would likely rise.