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News article from Cumberland Evening Times, 1936-03-20

'Perfect Storm' Of Century Due To Seven Factors, Experts Say

Such An Unbroken Chain Occurs But Once Or Twice In A Hundred Years, And Had Any One Of Factors Been Missing Flood Might Not Have Occurred, Or Been Less Severe

Washington, March 20. —The weather man today explained the east's flood of the century—the many phenomena which occurred at just the right time and the right places to bring disaster.

W. P. Day of the storm section of the weather bureau described the disturbance as "the perfect storm" of its type.