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The National Weather Service issued a flood watch for Bucks County and the Delaware Valley on Wednesday, April 3. The water levels of the Delaware River at Trenton stood at 12.34 feet as of ...
The Delaware River at Trenton was approaching flood stage as of midday Monday. At noon on Monday, the weather service reported the water level of the Delaware River at Trenton to be 15.54 feet.
The Delaware River Basin Commission hydrology report shows a sharp escalation of river flows in mid-December, caused by heavy rain. As measured at the Montague gauge, near Milford, PA, the flow ...
In Reading, the Schuylkill River's flood stage is 13 feet (4.0 m), and the river was projected to crest at about 23 feet (7.0 m), resulting in the worst flooding in the area since Hurricane Agnes. In Easton, the Delaware River crested at 17 feet (5.2 m) above flood stage.
The Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area came about as a result of the failure of a controversial plan to build a dam on the Delaware River at Tocks Island, just north of the Delaware Water Gap to control water levels for flood control and hydroelectric power generation. The dam would have created a 37-mile (60 km) lake in the center of ...
August 29–31, 1996 – Hurricane Edouard causes rough surf along the Delaware coastline, closing some beaches. [66] October 8, 1996 – The remnants of Tropical Storm Josephine cause 45 mph (70 km/h) wind gusts and light rainfall of up to 2.37 inches (60 mm) in Dover. The rainfall causes river flooding, while the wind knocks down tree limbs. [67]
Delaware River flood blocking Route 6 Casselman wind farm. The EPA reports that sea level is rising more rapidly along Pennsylvania's shoreline than in most coastal areas because the Delaware Valley is sinking. If the oceans and atmosphere continue to warm, the tidal portion of the Delaware River is likely to rise one to four feet in the next ...
Flash flood warnings were in effect from portions of Delaware to New Hampshire Sunday as the atmosphere river sent a "fire hose" of moisture into the region as AccuWeather correctly predicted.