CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Homes, businesses and hundreds of roads have been flooded in central North Carolina after rounds of heavy rain from Tropical Depression Chantal washed out streets, sent rivers into major flood stage and prompted water rescues Sunday.
Flash Flood Warnings were issued through early Monday morning for several North Carolina counties and parts of southern Virginia as the storm's remnants continued to move up the East Coast.
Officials in the town of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, said first responders have performed more than 50 water rescues since Sunday evening. No injuries or deaths have been reported, but some 60 people have been displaced.
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 night.
Chantal made landfall as a Tropical Storm near Litchfield Beach, South Carolina, about 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.
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The towns of Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Hillsborough also declared a state of emergency.
Aerial video showed neighborhoods in Chapel Hill and Durham County that were still inundated Monday morning.
Interstate 85 South and Interstate 40 West near Graham, North Carolina, were closed Monday due to flooding, according to the state's Department of Transportation.
The sheriff of Chatham County, North Carolina, wrote in a social media post Sunday night that State Highway 902 collapsed near Chatham Road and more than 100 roads in the county were flooded.
The Haw River near Burlington, North Carolina, rose almost 30 feet from Sunday night to early Monday morning, cresting at 32.5 feet, just 0.3 inches below the record level set during Hurricane Fran in 1996.
Similarly, the Eno River near Durham, North Carolina, crested at over 25 feet early Monday morning, reaching major flood stage after rising 24 feet in less than 12 hours.
The city of Mebane in Orange and Alamance counties issued a voluntary evacuation order late Sunday, due to concerns over the potential failure of the Lake Michael Dam. City officials reported that the water treatment plant lost power. Residents were being asked to cut back on water usage.
Some 28,000 customers were without power across Alamance, Orange and Durham counties on Monday morning.
The remnants of Chantal will move farther north Monday, bringing heavy rain and thunderstorms to Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and Washington, D.C.
Flood watches extend into portions of New Jersey.
Dangerous rip current risks with 5-7 foot waves will also remain Monday along Florida's Atlantic coast north along the Maryland shoreline.
Other impacts from Chantal's remnants include potentially damaging wind gusts of up to 40 mph for parts of New York's Long Island and the Massachusetts coast.
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