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Nearly three weeks after the Trenton Thunder were left without a team to field when the New York Yankees moved their AA affiliate to Somerset County comes news from Major League Baseball and Prep Baseball Report on Monday that they are currently among 5 teams set to compete in the new MLB Draft League.

A home on Beckerville Road in Whiting was struck by lightning Wednesday afternoon causing it to catch fire.

The strong thunderstorms that roared through the Jersey Shore was the cause of a fire in Holmdel on Wednesday night.

Manchester Police were able to catch a transformer exploding and electrical wires falling to the ground right on dash cam video while on patrol along Route 70.

The ferocious storm on Tuesday afternoon and early evening led to some major flooding issues, downed power lines and the closure of the Ocean County Mall among other issues.

A developing story this morning out of Toms River, fire crews and police are on the scene of a structure fire at a couple adjoining homes on Seagull Lane in the Ortley Beach section.

Many of us started our day today with a deafening thunderstorm and torrential rain. While the midday hours have been clear of bad weather, we could see a return of this morning's meteorological drama just in time for the afternoon commute.

These storms this morning..came out of no where.  Please be careful heading out to work this morning!

Whenever rumbles, booms and crashes of sound from the skies herald bad weather, it won't be that bad for Toms River Police Sergeant James Reilly. He'll look up and reminisce a bit, about Thunder, his K9 partner, whose tour of duty is done.

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