Potential Tropical Cyclone 8 brings heavy rainfall to the Mid-Atlantic with millions under flood watch

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Source: NBC News

Sept. 16, 2024, 12:13 PM EDT


An area of heavy rain and thunderstorms off the North Carolina and South Carolina coastlines Monday morning, designated Potential Tropical Cyclone 8 (or PTC 8 for short), is the next potential Atlantic system that may affect the continental United States.

As of 11 a.m. ET Monday, the core of the system, sitting 75 miles east of Charleston, South Carolina, was producing tropical-storm-force wind gusts and torrential rainfall, especially from Wilmington to Carolina Beach, North Carolina.

The storm comes a week after Hurricane Francine made landfall in Louisiana and left hundreds of thousands of people without power for days.

According to the National Weather Service in Wilmington, several locations had already picked up double-digit rainfall totals from the latest system, including more than 15 inches at Carolina Beach.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/weather/tropical-cyclone-8-rcna171278

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Isolated spots across southern New Hanover County near Carolina Beach have picked up over a foot of rain since midnight. Considerable flash flooding continues, and will worsen to the west across Brunswick County over the coming few hours. Stay off flooded roads! #ncwx
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10:39 AM · Sep 16, 2024

[Lovie777]

1. Stay safe.........................

[BrianTheEVGuy]

2. I'm so confused

Newsman, FOX and OAN all say climate change is a lie and to keep driving my 8.7L V8. They wouldn’t lie to us, would they?

[GainesT1958]

3. We've been getting dumped on since yesterday afternoon...

And dumped on heavily here in Wilmington (N.C.) since early this morning...heavy wind gusts, as well (fortunately tropical storm levels, not up to hurricane strength, but still, heavy)...
We're supposed to get a rain band "backlash" starting late this afternoon...

[Miguelito Loveless]

5. We have flash flood warnings

starting at 8:00 this morning in the Triad, but so far, no real rainfall.

[FakeNoose]

4. NOAA map shows Cyclone Eight with heavy rain

They're not calling it a hurricane ...



Stay safe everyone.

[ananda]

6. It's going to hit most of the east coast and..

it looks like a real muthafukka on Zoom Earth.