The Delaware coast was soaked by coastal flooding from Ophelia's high winds and storm surge on Sept. 23. Elevating the storm's impacts during the afternoon was a high tide reported by Bill Wadell.
Category
🗞
NewsTranscript
00:00 This coastline is being clobbered by the waves and wind from Ophelia during
00:05 Saturday afternoon's high tide. Parts of the Delaware coast saw wind gusts at
00:09 top 60 miles an hour. Some streets in Bethany Beach flooded. Power crews worked
00:15 through the wind to fix downed and damaged lines. Officials are warning
00:19 people up and down this part of the Atlantic coast that water conditions
00:23 could be dangerous even after Ophelia is long gone.
00:26 12 to 24 hours afterwards you still could be dealing with some high surf,
00:30 certainly rip currents all over the place. And then on top of that I think
00:35 what a lot of folks may not understand is the fact that you could have a lot of
00:39 debris in the water that could cause an injury to swimmers or surfers who are
00:43 looking to take advantage of the waves. Along with this rough surf the ground is
00:48 saturated so officials say more trees could be coming down. In Bethany Beach
00:52 Delaware. For AccuWeather, I'm Bill Waddell.