A potent cluster of thunderstorms that ripped down trees and flooded roads in parts of the region may have spawned a tornado in South Jersey on Friday afternoon. The National Weather Service said it would send a team of investigators to Atlantic County to determine whether damages were the result of straight-line winds or the kind that blow in circles.

Weather experts warn that staff cuts at the National Weather Service that have been made by the Trump administration are a danger to public safety as tornadoes, hurricanes and heat loom this spring an