Aftermath of Tropical Storm Isaias affected REC and Riverton: Limited Operations Resume on Wednesday
On Tuesday, August 4, the effect of 60 mile per hour gusts resulted in multiple trees falling on power lines causing a power outage at approximately 9:30AM EDT that affected the Riverton area, thus impacting operations at REC. 4 miles south of Riverton in Mardela Springs, a tornado touched down causing a home to be lifted off of its foundation. In the course of 5 hours, the DASDEC-II EAS decoder at REC Networks picked up 23 tornado warnings, including 7 for Wicomico County where Riverton is located.
At approximately 10:45 PM on Tuesday, Delmarva Power has restored service to Riverton.
