Severe Flooding in North Carolina
Digest more
The threat of flash flooding returned to North Carolina on Thursday, only days after Tropical Depression Chantal dumped heavy rain across the central part of the state, flooding homes and highways and leading to dozens of rescues.
Thousands of people were in the path of a dangerous storm that moved through North Carolina on Wednesday afternoon.
Flooding in North Carolina prompted water rescues in Chapel Hill and other parts of the state, which saw the Haw River crest at 32.5 feet early Monday.
Chantal made landfall near Litchfield Beach, South Carolina, at approximately 4 a.m. July 6 and is moving inland over northeastern South Carolina.
Impacts of Chantal are being felt across the region, with rain falling across eastern Florida and up to Delaware.
4d
ABC11 on MSNChantal brings heavy rain, strong storms causing flooding, damages across central NC: Live RadarThousands were left without power after storms from Tropical Depression Chantal's outer bands impacted areas across North Carolina. Tropical Storm Chantal weakened to a tropical depression Sunday morning after making landfall.
After Tropical Storm Chantal made landfall in South Carolina over the Fourth of July weekend bringing flash flooding to central North Carolina, the tropics are now quiet. Well, sort of.
MEBANE, N.C. — Heavy rains caused by the remnants of Tropical Storm Chantal hit central North Carolina on Sunday, causing widespread flooding across the area. As of July 7 at 9 p.m., four storm-related deaths have been reported — one in Alamance County, one in Orange County and two in Chatham County.
Governor Josh Stein visited Alamance and Orange County to survey storm damage caused by Tropical Storm Chantal on July 8.