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Tornado strength winds confirmed in Delaware Valley

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1 year ago

August 10, 2023

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Tornado strength winds confirmed in Delaware Valley

Straight-line winds as dangerous as tornadoes

During severe weather, straight-line winds are just as dangerous and can cause as much damage as tornadoes.

PHILADELPHIA – Wednesday, the National Weather service reported that thunderstorm wind gusts in Delaware and New Castle counties Monday reached tornado strength.

Winds peaked at 95 MPH in parts of Delaware County, particularly around Concordville, which is near the Glens Mills area. Those thunderstorm wind gusts uprooted some large trees and snapped parts of other trees. The Chadds Ford area also had a large number of uprooted trees. Winds there reached 90 MPH.

Those 90 and 100 MPH winds are the speed of an EF1 tornado, which is why it looked like tornado damage.

The straight-line thunderstorm wind gusts in parts of Delaware were nearly as strong as an EF2 tornado. An EF2 has a minimum wind speed of 111 MPH.

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Winds from Monday’s storms in the Hockessin area of New Castle County reached 110 MPH.

When wind gusts get that strong, they start snapping trees, often near the trunk. The National Weather Service reported that 15-20 trees were snapped in that Delaware area.

Learn more how straight-line winds work and why damage from thunderstorms is in straight line in a demo at 13:50 in our severe weather special.

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Biden honors the memory of his late first wife and baby daughter who died in a 1972 car crash

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4 hours ago

December 18, 2024

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Biden honors the memory of his late first wife and baby daughter who died in a 1972 car crash

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WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden is remembering his first wife and baby daughter who were killed in a car crash in Delaware in 1972 weeks after he was first elected to the Senate. Biden, his current wife Jill, and son Hunter and his family attended a private memorial mass at a Delaware church on Wednesday’s 52nd anniversary of their deaths. Biden was in Washington when he was informed about the crash that killed his wife, Neilia, and year-old daughter, Naomi, a week before Christmas. Their young sons, Beau and Hunter, were gravely injured. Beau died of brain cancer in 2015 at age 46.

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Gunshot victim flags down school bus for help in Delaware

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11 hours ago

December 18, 2024

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Gunshot victim flags down school bus for help in Delaware

Wednesday, December 18, 2024 5:01AM

NEW CASTLE, Del. (WPVI) — A gunshot victim jumped on a school bus full of students on Tuesday while trying to seek help in New Castle, Delaware.

The shooting happened just before 4 p.m. on Old Forge Road, near Appleby Road.

The bus driver called 911 to report the incident.

Police say the victim is hospitalized at Christiana Hospital. There was no word on his condition.

No other injuries were reported.

Further details on the shooting have not been released.

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Man arrested after allegedly attacking Delaware police officer

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19 hours ago

December 17, 2024

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Man arrested after allegedly attacking Delaware police officer

Wednesday, December 18, 2024 1:05AM

NEW CASTLE COUNTY, Del. (WPVI) — Twenty-eight-year-old Zachary Yeldell is being accused of attacking an officer in New Castle County, Delaware.

It happened around 11:14 p.m. Monday when police responded to a disturbance at Midway Plaza Apartments, which is located on the 4800 block of Old Capitol Trail.

Police say officers responded following reports of an individual yelling in the hallway and kicking an apartment door.

When officers arrived, authorities say Yeldell hit an officer repeatedly before another officer arrived and helped detain the suspect.

The injured officer was treated at a local hospital and released.

Yeldell is facing several charges, including resisting arrest with violence.

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