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Scientists say climate change is unequivocally linked to the intensity, scale and frequency of natural disasters, such as heatwaves, wildfires, floods, tropical storms and hurricanes, all contributing to global humanitarian emergencies, including those in New York and New Jersey. Firefighters, police and operation teams are the first to assess these extreme weather situations, making instant decisions and lifesaving calls to action....

The New Jersey magnitude 4.8 earthquake was felt from hundreds of miles away, with some in the tri-state feeling the Earth move under their feet for the first time ever. But just a few hours later, a magnitude 4.0 aftershock hit in the same area of the state and again was felt throughout the region.

It was the question of the day on Friday: Did you feel it? The magnitude 4.8 earthquake that hit northern New Jersey had impacts ranging from Maryland to Massachusetts, though amazingly there were no reports of injuries or damage to any buildings, other than a small number of homes or private property. NBC New York has team coverage.

The only reports of damage following the magnitude 4.8 earthquake were in regards to private property, with no reports of injuries anywhere across the tri-state. 

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck New Jersey Friday, triggering frenzied phone calls from Manhattan to Albany to Long Island, Montclair and New Haven, as buildings rumbled in a region unaccustomed to the ground shaking — and that was before the area was hit with an aftershock almost as powerful. The U.S. Geological Survey said the inital quake hit just over…

Water was seen pouring from the side of a Manhattan high-rise Thursday. The FDNY said it got a call around 12:15 p.m. about a water leak from a building on Eighth Avenue and West 42nd Street. Video posted to the Citizen app shows what looked like a geyser erupting from the side of the building. No injuries were immediately reported….

Video posted to the Citizen app showed a wild scene at Eighth Avenue and 42nd Street Thursday.

A Manhattan toddler has died as a result of injuries sustained in last month’s Washington Heights apartment fire, and his 1-year-old brother, also badly hurt in the blaze, remains in critical condition, police said Wednesday. King Corporan and his little brother were among three young kids in their Audobon Avenue apartment, near West 175th Street, when flames broke out...

Two people were critically hurt in a fire that erupted at a Brooklyn synagogue early Friday, trapping people on the third floor as firefighters dashed in with a bucket truck to help them to safety. Firefighters responded to an alarm at the mixed-occupancy building on 60th Street, near 19th Avenue, shortly before 6:30 a.m. and encountered heavy smoke upon arrival….

Disturbing surveillance footage shows a man chasing a woman at a subway station in Brooklyn. 

A 23-year-old woman has been arrested after police say her three young kids were left alone in a Manhattan apartment when a fire broke out in the building, trapping them in terror, according to officials. Skilyn Maldonado was charged with three counts of acting in a manner injurious to a child in connection with the blaze that drew dozens of…

Five people, including four children, are recovering after an overnight apartment fire in along Audobon Avenue in Washington Heights. A mother is now being questioned in the investigation after police said the children hurt and burned had been left alone in the apartment. NBC New York’s Gaby Acevedo reports.

Four children were hurt, two of them critically, in a fast-moving fire that swept through a Washington Heights apartment building overnight, authorities say. Officials said Thursday that the FDNY was called to the building on Audubon Avenue, near West 175th Street, around 11 p.m. the prior evening for a report of a fire. It’s not clear where it broke...

Four children were among those hurt during a fast-moving fire in Washington Heights. Tracie Strahan reports.

There could be more fallout for the New York City firefighters who booed Attorney General Letitia James during a graduation ceremony last week. The FDNY said its trying to figure out who was behind all the heckling. An internal memo obtained by News 4 lays out how the department is investigating the matter, which is getting pushback from union representatives…

There’s major pushback from union reps who say members are on edge over an alleged “witch-hunt” for the members who heckled the attorney general. News 4’s Jessica Cunnington reports. 

A predawn fire that reportedly sparked in the deli of a Manhattan building triggered a massive firefighter response early Friday morning, and resulted in a couple injuries by the time crews had the scene under control. The FDNY dispatched firefighters to the Harlem building on Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard around 4:45 a.m. for reports of a fire inside a…

Police arrested an FDNY lieutenant Saturday for allegedly strangling a paramedic while on the job, a senior law enforcement source said. The 47-year-old Brooklyn man, Neal Francis, was picked up by police over the weekend on strangulation charges, an NYPD spokesperson confirmed. The department referred additional inquiries to the FDNY, but said the incident was not domestic in nature. The…

FBI agents searched the homes of two FDNY chiefs involved with the safety inspection process of buildings in New York City in connection with a corruption investigation, according to three people briefed on the matter. Jonathan Dienst reports.

FBI agents searched the homes of two FDNY chiefs in connection with a corruption investigation related to possible bribes in exchange for speedier building approvals, according to sources familiar with the matter. The city’s Department of Investigation sealed the chiefs’ third-floor offices at FDNY headquarters in Brooklyn as part of a search Thursday morning, three people briefed on the...