Federal health officials say the current West Nile outbreak is one of the largest in the U.S., with four times the usual number of cases for this time of year.
This past year's mild winter and wet spring could be contributing to the worst West Nile virus outbreak since the disease was first detected in the United States in 1999.
All of the wild stormy weather we've had over the past week or so has left numerous small pools of standing water across the Garden State, which is perfect breeding grounds for mosquitoes.