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Delaware under coastal flooding, high wind warnings as Nor’easter hits
Indian river inlet north side beach just before high tide Oct. 12
It appears the Army Corps significantly replenished the north beach closest to the inlet before the storm. Further north, dunes are taking a pounding.
A Nor’easter is wreaking havoc throughout Delaware and will continue to cause problems through Monday, according to the National Weather Service.
The storm will combine strong onshore winds; high surf and high tides will lead to major coastline flooding from North Carolina to New Jersey.
Delaware is under a coastal flood warning until 8 p.m. Oct. 13. Sussex County is under a wind advisory until 6 a.m. Oct. 13.
How will Nor’easter impact Delaware?
The First State can expect the following through Monday:
- Moderate to major tidal flooding in the coastal areas of Delaware, including the Delaware Bay.
- Gale and storm force winds (gusts near 44 to 55 knots) and wave heights on the ocean from 15 to 20 feet in the Atlantic coastal waters of Delaware and the coastal Delaware Bay.
- Northeast winds gusting to 50 to 60 mph along the Delaware coast and 30 to 40 mph winds inland. Power outages and damage are possible.
- Rainfall amounts around the coast of 1 to 3 inches.
How to stay safe in a flood
As heavy rains come into the area, people need to be aware of their surroundings. Here are a few suggestions from ready.gov, a website run by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security:
- Evacuate immediately, if told to evacuate. Never drive around barricades. Local responders use them to safely direct traffic out of flooded areas.
- Listen to EAS, NOAA Weather Radio or local alerting systems for current emergency information and instructions regarding flooding.
- Do not walk, swim or drive through flood waters. Turn around. Don’t drown!
- Stay off bridges over fast-moving water. Fast-moving water can wash bridges away without warning.
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Delaware Sen. Chris Coons is leading a Congressional bipartisan delegation to Denmark later this week. Delaware Congresswoman Sarah McBride will join Coons alongside Democratic Reps. Madeleine Dean of Pennsylvania, Gregory Meeks of New York and Republican Sen. Thom Tillis from North Carolina.
The visit comes as President Donald Trump has threatened the country’s capital Copenhagen over his desire to annex Greenland into the United States. In recent statements, Trump has not ruled out purchasing or using military action against Greenland, which is a self-governing territory of Denmark.
“I would like to make a deal the easy way, but if we don’t do it the easy way, we’re going to do it the hard way,” Trump said last week.
In a news release, Coons said the trip is meant to highlight more than 200 years of friendship between the two countries. The delegation will meet with Danish and Greenlandic government and business leaders to discuss issues including Arctic security and strengthening trade relations.
“Denmark has always been a strong diplomatic, economic, and security partner who sacrificed more lives than any other country relative to its population when the United States invoked Article 5 following the September 11 attacks,” Coons said in a statement. “At a time of increasing international instability, we need to draw closer to our allies, not drive them away, and this delegation will send a clear message that Congress is committed to NATO and our network of alliances.”
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