Storm Ophelia Brings Flooding to Southern US East Coast, Moves North
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Residents in parts of coastal North Carolina and Virginia experienced flooding Saturday after Tropical Storm Ophelia made landfall near a North Carolina barrier island, bringing rain, damaging winds and dangerous surges.
The storm came ashore near Emerald Isle with near-hurricane-strength winds of 113 kph, but winds weakened as it traveled north with the center of the storm crossing into Virginia