TROBICAL STORM DORIA
AUGUST 1971
Tropical Storm Doria
sideswiped Delaware August 27 and 28 August 1971 and
some streets still
blocked by debris and fallen trees. Electric was out for 12 hours
or more
but by Saturday service
has been restored. Volunteers were busy with the floods caused by
five inches of rain in less
than 48 hours.
Rehoboth Beach tourists
had little inconvenience, a typical Saturday, with events
held including the Annual
Life Guard Ball in Convention Hall Friday night, the night of the
storm.
Ocean City and western
Sussex had power outages according to Director of Civil
Defense , Walter Serwin.
Indian River Coast Guard
Station recorded 49 mph winds with 63 mph gust
between 2 and 5 am
Saturday morning. Water height in the Brandywine Saturday was
it's
highest in seven years.
Greater Wilmington Airport measured 5 inches of rain total.
Abstract: Wilmington
News Journal , Monday, 30 August, 1971
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