50 years ago: Beulah weakened as it passed over land

Staff Report
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Children play in the flooded streets of Ponce, Puerto Rico in September 1967 after Hurricane Beulah passed to the south. A small amount ofdamage 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. 11, 1967

Hurricane Beulah weakened to 105 mph as it passed over the Barahona Penninsula of the Dominican Republic.