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Eventdex · Drought

NEW CASTLE

5619754

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event_typeDrought
ncei_event_id5,619,754
episode_id2,070,951
begin_utc1997-11-01T04:59:00+00:00
end_utc1997-11-01T04:59:00+00:00
stateDELAWARE
cz_typeZ
cz_nameNEW CASTLE
deaths_direct0
deaths_indirect0
injuries_direct0
injuries_indirect0
episode_narrativeUnseasonably dry weather and below normal rainfall, which became worse during the summer months, forced the Delaware River Basin Commission to declare a drought warning on October 27th. The commission urged the 7 million residents within the basin's 13,539 square mile area to voluntarily conserve water. While the yearly precipitation total for Kent and Sussex Counties were above average, on a county weighted average, yearly precipitation through October 31st within New Castle County was 5.5 inches, or about 15 percent, below normal.
year1,997

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