Making Manufacturing a casualty Death of Geary was one of a number of militia actions that resulted in Causation a reduced Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale scope of British reconnaissance Scrutiny , contributing Causation to the eventual success Earnings_and_losses of George Washington 's crossing Motion_directional of the Delaware and success Earnings_and_losses at Trenton .

The rainfall extended Change_event_time northeastward into Delaware .

The two remaining slave states , Delaware and Maryland , were invited Request to join Becoming_a_member the Confederacy , but nothing substantial developed Cause_to_make_progress due Causation to intervention Preventing_or_letting by federal troops .

The strongest quadrant of the storm Catastrophe moved Motion over Delaware , and winds in the state reached Arriving .

The strongest quadrant of the storm Catastrophe moved Motion over Delaware ; in the state , strong easterly winds Motion produced Creating significant tidal flooding Catastrophe , and 500 houses were damaged Damaging .

Attendance was mandatory for all the tribes that had signed Sign_agreement treaties with the Confederate States government—Creek , Choctaw , Chickasaw , Seminole , Cherokee , Shawnee , Delaware , Wichita , Comanche , Great Osage , Seneca , and Quapaw .

The threat of Emily prompted Causation hurricane warnings Warning for much of the North Carolina coast and northward through Delaware .

Due to uncertainty in forecasting Scrutiny Emily 's path , there were also evacuations Escaping from the coasts of Virginia , Maryland , Delaware , and Fire Island in New York .

Hazel affected Influence Virginia , Washington , D.C. , West Virginia , Maryland , Delaware , New Jersey , Pennsylvania , and New York ; it brought Bringing gusts near and caused Causation $ 281 million ( 1954 USD ) in damage Damaging .

Most crippling was the widespread 20 to 35 in ( 50 to 90 cm ) of snow accumulated Come_together across southern Pennsylvania , the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia , northern Virginia , Washington , D.C. , Maryland , Delaware , and southern New Jersey , bringing Bringing air and Interstate Highway travel to a halt Process_end .

The northernmost portion of Delaware also saw freshwater flooding Motion , although to a much lesser extent than adjacent states .

Diane produced Manufacturing heavy rainfall in eastern Pennsylvania , causing Causation the worst floods Motion on record Recording there , largely in the Poconos and along the Delaware River .

Elsewhere , affects Influence were minimal , though two indirect fatalities occurred Coming_to_be in North Carolina , and minor flooding Motion was reported Reporting in South Carolina , Virginia , West Virginia , Maryland , Delaware , Pennsylvania , New Jersey , and New York .

After a close encounter Hostile_encounter with French ships in the Delaware River , `` Boston '' eventually escaped Escaping to St John 's , Newfoundland while `` Embuscade '' refitted in New York .