Tropical Storm Ophelia hits the US Mid-Atlantic with strong winds

Tropical Storm Ophelia landed on the US Atlantic coast on Saturday, flooding the region torrential rains and merciless winds causing flooding and widespread power outages.

According to the National Weather Service, almost 8 million people The entire mid-Atlantic region, from New York to South Carolina, was under a tropical storm, storm surge and flood warning until Saturday afternoon.

Making landfall near Emerald Isle, North Carolina, around 6:15 a.m. local time (1015 GMT), Ophelia moved inland, heading north, while unloading. heavy rains and strong winds.

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Some locations could see up to 10 inches (25 cm) of rain and winds of more than 50 miles (80 km) per hour, which combined to cause storm flooding in parts of North Carolina, the service said.

One of the hardest-hit communities was Washington, North Carolina, where videos on social media showed floodwaters reaching homes and partially submerging vehicles in parts of the city along the banks of the Pamlico River.

“Some areas are even isolated, so water rescue teams are moving throughout the city in case they get a call later,” Bryce Shelton said on social media site X, describing conditions in the city of 10,000 people.

In Virginia, the state’s Department of Emergency Management said in a post on X that its teams are scattered throughout the commonwealth and are ready to conduct any necessary rescues and debris removal.

At noon, more than 65,000 homes and businesses North Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylvania and New Jersey They were left without power, according to Poweroutage.com.

Reuters

Source: Aristegui Noticias

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