Unnamed storm brings a foot of rain to parts of North Carolina, heads north
Hard rain of 1 foot and more inundated the southeastern coast of North Carolina on Monday as a storm moved ashore and aimed for the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast.
Hard rain of 1 foot and more inundated the southeastern coast of North Carolina on Monday as a storm with no name moved ashore and aimed for the mid-Atlantic and the Northeast.
The National Hurricane Center calls it Potential Tropical Cyclone 8 and said in forecast updates that the front will weaken as it travels over terrain overnight.
The worst of the disturbance may have already affected the region, where a National Weather Service volunteer weather station measured 18 inches of rain Monday at Carolina Beach, which closed town offices and its recreation center, according to a statement.
Carolina Beach State Park was also closed for the day, park officials said. U.S. Highway 17 south of Wilmington was also shut down, state and local officials said.
Similar volunteer weather stations at other coastal locations, including at Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point in Southport, reported more than 14 inches of rain, the weather service said.
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