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NEW JERSEY — Forecasters are watching two storms brewing in the Atlantic Ocean this week, and said Hurricane Franklin and Tropical Storm Idalia could impact New Jersey with high tides, strong offshore winds, and the potential for beach closures.

These strong tropical systems are not expected to make landfall in the Garden State, but their positions in the Atlantic Ocean could impact the region just days before the second anniversary of Tropical Depression Ida.

"The eastern U.S. will have some indirect impacts from Franklin this week as it churns well offshore," said AccuWeather.

Beach-goers may have their plans later this week dampened, forecasters said. Rough surf and strong rip currents are expected along the Jersey Shore, and flooding will also be possible with rain expected on Tuesday and Wednesday.

“Unusually high astronomical tides” are also possible along the Jersey Shore in the evening this week, with the full moon.

And, a band of thunderstorms with "periods of heavy rain" are in store for the region from Monday night through early Wednesday, which may strengthen with the presence of tropical moisture, said the National Weather Service office in Mount Holly.

“It won’t be raining that entire time everywhere but there will be a threat of localized flooding, especially for areas near and south/east of the urban (I-95) corridor," NWS forecasters added. "In addition, some tidal flooding is likely the next few evenings and this could be exacerbated by any heavier rainfall."

Heavy rainfall is also possible on Tuesday and Tuesday night, which could exacerbate flooding, said the National Weather Service.

As of Monday morning, Franklin is churning offshore north of the Turks and Caicos and could “gain enough wind intensity to become the season's first Category 4 hurricane,” AccuWeather forecasters said.

Idalia, which strengthened into a tropical storm, is on a potential track to come ashore in western Florida on Wednesday as a Category 1 hurricane. The National Hurricane Center urged residents along Florida's west coast to begin preparing for a hurricane strike on late Tuesday afternoon or evening. Between 5 and 8 feet of seawater could swamp parts of the Tampa Bay area, forecasters said.

Idalia’s impact could be felt later this week up the eastern seaboard and may complicate Labor Day vacation plans for some. Based on current models, the storm will not impact New Jersey too heavily, forecasters said.

The National Weather Service added that Idalia will move northeast in the vicinity of the Carolinas, though its path "should keep any significant land impacts from the storm to our south."

"Otherwise, the systems should bring some periods of mid and high level cloudiness over southern parts of our forecast area for Thursday along with winds that may be quite breezy out of the (northeast)," said the NWS.

The storm should then move eastward out to sea Thursday night into Friday, forecasters said.

By Jimmie Parker and Malik A. Lyons

SOMERSET, NJ - As the 2023 Franklin Township Board of Education election approaches, it is important for voters to hear from candidates running for office.

This year residents seven Franklin residents will run for three seats, in the Nov. 7th general election. Each seat holds a three-year term.

All BOE candidates were reached out to by TAPinto Franklin Township with a list of questions, and some responded. All answers will be published, unedited, along with any biographical information provided by candidates in the order in which they were received.

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Jimmie Parker Candidate Bio:

TAPinto Question: Why should Franklin residents vote for you?

Parker Answer: I hope to earn the vote of the Franklin residents by prioritizing the needs and concerns of the children and community. The compass of my appointment would be serving them to the best of my ability.

TAPinto Question: What will be your highest priority as a BOE member?

Parker Answer: My highest priority as a BOE member is to support the new KPI’s approved by the current Board of Education and work within the framework of those targets to improve the success of our students.

TAPinto Question: What skill/experience from your life best qualifies you to lead the people of Franklin as an elected official?

Parker Answer: The ability to lead has been proven in multiple aspects of my life, as a military veteran of the US Air Force, an athletic coach for over 15 years and a sales manager for over 20 years in CPG. I have demonstrated over again successful leadership capabilities.

TAPinto Question: What do you think of Franklin Township Public School taxes?

Parker Answer: The Public-School taxes provide the appropriate level of support necessary to ensure our children have the tools they need to compete academically and athletically with others in the state. The amount of tax dollars that are allocated to schools in general depends on how the local government generates revenue and taxes are part of that equaQon.

TAPinto Question: What program(s) would you enhance or add to Franklin Township Public Schools?

Parker Answer: I would like to continue and develop our alternative education program as it relates to the children in our township. Ensuring no child is left behind as we work toward providing students a best-in-class educational experience is necessary.

TAPinto Question: What are your thoughts on banning books who some may find objectionable from school? Is there a book you would ban?

Parker Answer: My thoughts are that the state and federal officials make policy and law as it relates to what tools are acceptable for students based on data and academic study. It is recognized that a parent can determine what their children are exposed to daily, however that should be handled on a family-by-family basis and not generalized effecting the broader exposer and educational experience of the collective.

TAPinto Question: Do you have children who attend Franklin Township Public Schools?

Parker Answer: Yes I currently have a child that is in the Franklin Township Public School system and a recent graduate of the system as well.

TAPinto Question: What do you think is the best thing about Franklin Township Public Schools?

Parker Answer: The best thing about Franklin Township Public Schools is their commitment to meeting the children where they are. Evaluating them without prejudice and identifying opportunities to help them succeed.

TAPinto Question: What’s something great about Franklin Township Public Schools that you want people in other communities to know?

Parker Answer: What I would like the community to know is that from the administration through the teachers down to the custodial staff the Public Schools employees have the best interest of the students and community at the heart of all they do.

TAPinto Question: What is the one thing you would like the public to know that was not in the list of Candidate Questions?

Parker Answer: That my colleagues and I are committed to using our OVER 50 YEARS in collective experience in the Public School system to serve our community and provide the best educational opportunity for all of our students to be successful.

Tropical Storm Franklin is expected to strengthen into a Category 2 hurricane during the next few days, and even though forecasters say it will remain about 400 miles east of the New Jersey coast, it is likely to bring rough surf and powerful rip currents to the Jersey Shore.

“A period of building swells and dangerous rip currents along our coast looking probable as tropical cyclone Franklin tracks by well offshore,” the National Weather Service’s regional forecast office in New Jersey said Friday morning.

Even though Friday is not an ideal beach day, with heavy cloud cover and scattered rain showers across New Jersey, there’s a moderate risk for the development of dangerous rip currents today along the Jersey Shore, and also along beaches in Delaware.

Those rip currents are unrelated to Tropical Storm Franklin, which is currently spinning about 690 miles southwest of Bermuda with 60 mph winds, according to the National Hurricane Center.

On Saturday, the weather service is projecting a low risk of dangerous rip currents at the Jersey Shore, but by early next week — when Franklin will likely be a hurricane with top sustained winds as strong as 100 to 110 mph — large ocean swells and dangerous rip currents will be impacting the Jersey Shore and other beaches along the eastern United States, forecasters said.

While Franklin will be too far away to bring rain or gusty winds to New Jersey, our region faces a threat of rain showers and thunderstorms Tuesday and Wednesday from a cold front that’s expected to move in from the west, forecasters said.

The front may bring in cooler temperatures, with daytime highs stuck in the 70s instead of the lower 80s, more typical of late August.

Forecasters from the National Hurricane Center are also monitoring a tropical disturbance over the northwestern Caribbean Sea (shown in red on the map above). The center says there’s a 70% chance this disturbance will get more organized and turn into a tropical depression or tropical storm in the next seven days.

That system has the potential to impact Florida, forecasters say.

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The double threat of Tropical Storm Idalia and Hurricane Franklin will have less of an impact on New Jersey than elsewhere, but forecasters say there’s still a chance of gusty winds, heavy rainfall and coastal flooding later in the week.

On Monday, swells emanating from distant Hurricane Franklin — which strengthened into a powerful Category 4 hurricane with top sustained winds of 145 mph — may begin to reach the coastal waters of New Jersey, according to the National Weather Service in Mount Holly.

There is a moderate risk for the development of dangerous rip currents for New Jersey beaches as a result of Hurricane Franklin’s big ocean swells. However, there were no active warnings or advisories in the state as of Monday morning.

New Jersey will have a chance of rain showers during the day Tuesday — unrelated to the tropical storm systems — with the possibility of thunderstorms increasing after 9 p.m. through early Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service.

For Wednesday night through Thursday, high pressure will gradually build while Idalia passes through Florida and chugs north in the vicinity of the Carolinas, the National Weather Service said in Monday’s morning forecast discussion.

Idalia could approach Florida on Wednesday with winds of up to 100 mph, which would make it a Category 2 hurricane, according to the latest forecast from the National Hurricane Center.

Idalia should then move out to sea Thursday night through Friday, keeping any significant land impact from the storm to the south. New Jersey can expect winds gusting up to 30 mph on Thursday near Cape May, according to the National Weather Service.

Temperatures will be on the cool side Thursday with highs mainly in the 70s. This will be a trend throughout the Northeast, according to AccuWeather.

Temperatures that had been rising into the 80s and 90s the last few weeks will struggle to get out of the 70s on Monday, including in Boston and New York City. In parts of the interior Northeast, these temperatures are more typical for the end of September rather than the end of August, according to AccuWeather.

The rest of Monday is expected to be cloudy with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. The chance of thunderstorms that could bring flooding to parts of New Jersey increases later in the week.

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FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, N.J. (CBS) -- A husband and wife who have been married for 50 years are fighting to survive after being badly burned in a house fire Monday night in Franklin Township, New Jersey.

The victims have been identified by family as Kathleen and John Klein and their grandson Joshua Klein-Parks, who tried to save their lives and was also hospitalized for his injuries.

Their family is "very shaken up. It feels really surreal," said Gwenevieve Klein-Parks, the couple's granddaughter.

It's been a challenging and emotional year for Gwenevieve Klein-Parks and her sister Sunshine Klein-Parks.

They lost their mother and uncle only months apart, and now these sisters are dealing with another tragedy.

"It's all very scary that we've lost so many family members in a short amount of time and now they're all in the hospital," said Sunshine Klein-Parks.

Her brother and grandparents were rescued by firefighters minutes after they say the wood stove in the living room caught fire around 9 p.m. Monday night.

Their brother tried putting the fire out with two fire extinguishers. Then he raced upstairs to help his 77-year-old grandfather as the flames spread.

"My brother was out on the roof, and they helped him get down, and they helped my grandfather get out, but my grandmother was still downstairs," Sunshine Klein-Parks said.

Firefighters say they rescued the 76-year-old woman after she fell and crawled to the front door.

She and her husband were airlifted to the hospital, and their grandson was taken by an ambulance.

Sunshine Klein-Parks said her brother kept apologizing in the hospital because he says all the family's Christmas presents were destroyed in the fire.

Investigators are still working to determine an exact cause of the fire.

This home has been in the family for decades and is likely a total loss, but both sisters said all they want is for everyone to be healthy and together for the holidays.

"He has 15% burns all over his body. My grandfather has 30% burns over his body and he's on a breathing tube right now," Sunshine Klein-Parks said.

Both grandparents were listed in critical condition.

But these sisters say their brother's quick thinking likely saved their lives.

"He's always been that type of person to take charge and try to help everybody else," Sunshine Klein-Parks said.

Ryan Hughes

Ryan Hughes joined CBS News Philadelphia in June 2022. He previously worked at WPTV in West Palm Beach, Florida, where he's covered stories ranging from weeks on the Surfside condo collapse, to the impact of Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas, and the Super Bowl in Miami.

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