50 years ago: Beulah brushed past Puerto Rico

Staff Report
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Children play in the flooded streets of Ponce, P. R., in September 1967 after Hurricane Beulah passed to the south. A small amount if damage was reported in this city located on the south coast of Puerto Rico. Hurricane Beulah, packing winds of 140 mph, is now headed for the Dominican Republic. (AP Photo/Toby Massey)

Sept. 9, 1967

Hurricane Beulah intensified with maximum winds of 125 mph as its passed south of Puerto Rico.

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