Mid-May is living up to its reputation for severe weather as an active weather pattern brings the threat of strong tornadoes, damaging hail and intense, destructive wind gusts over multiple days.

After a chaotic and emotional day, the clean-up effort in Collings Lakes, New Jersey, is just beginning in this community.

A potent cluster of thunderstorms that ripped down trees and flooded roads in parts of the region spawned a tornado in South Jersey on Friday afternoon, the National Weather Service confirmed. And the weather service has issued another severe thunderstorm watch for for the entire region in effect until 11:59 p.