Hundreds of roads have been flooded in central North Carolina after rounds of heavy rain from the remnants of Tropical Depression Chantal washed out roads, sent rivers into major flood stage, and prompted water rescues Sunday.
A flash flood warning remains in place for parts of southern Virginia as the storm’s remnants move up the East Coast on Monday.
Firefighters were seen performing water rescues in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, on Sunday evening. No injuries or deaths have been reported.
A state of emergency was declared in Orange County, North Carolina, where the emergency services department reported that water rescues and evacuations were underway late Sunday.
Chantal made landfall as a tropical storm near Litchfield Beach, South Carolina, around 4 a.m. Sunday, and carved a path through central North Carolina, where some locations received as much as 9 inches of rain within 24 hours.
The sheriff of Chatham County, North Carolina, wrote in a social media post that State Highway 902 collapsed near Chatham Road, and more than 100 roads in the county were flooded.
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