Flooding from Chantal’s remnants forces dozens to flee homes in North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC – Strong rains and floods of the remains of the tropical song of the storm forced dozens of people to flee their homes in the center of North Carolina, officials announced on Monday.
Chapel Hill’s fire service and neighboring agencies have carried out more than 50 water rescue, many of which in areas where flood waters have entered or threatened to enter apartments, officials said. More than 60 people were moved on Sunday and Monday.
There were also water rescues in shopping centers, where water flooded businesses and parking lots, officials said. There was no injury report Monday morning. The officials warned the residents to be careful as they ventured on Monday morning because the crews still evaluated the damage.
In the County of Orange, the possibility of the failure of the Lac Michael dam prompted the officials to emit a voluntary evacuation for the downstream areas during the night.
In Chatham County, the sheriff Mike Roberson warned residents in an article on social networks that water can have disappeared in certain regions, but it was always dangerous to travel. Officials were looking for people who disappeared on Monday morning, he said.
All the interstate 85 / Interstate 40 routes were closed the two directions on Monday near Durham and were to reopen in 24 to 48 hours, according to the Northern Caroline Ministry of Transport.
The ENO river rushed early Monday in Durham at 25.63 feet (7.81 meters), exceeding the previous 23.6 feet (7.19 meter) record, according to the National Water Prediction Service website.
The HAW river shear early Monday at 32.5 feet (9.91 meters), the second stage of the highest river ever recorded in the city of Haw River. This level was only overshadowed by the French hurricane in 1996 when the scene reached 32.83 feet (10.01 meters), according to a post from the Raleigh office of the National Weather Service.
More than 34,000 customers were without electricity on Monday morning, according to Poweroutage.us.
Chantal was to continue the North-East through the States of the Atlantic Monday on Monday as a tropical depression before brushing the southern coast of New England on Monday evening until Tuesday morning, according to the Weather Prediction Center.
Precipitation of up to 10 inches (25 centimeters) have already been reported in parts of the interior of the Atlantic middle and the possibility of 3 to 6 inches (8 to 15 centimeters) was to raise sudden flood problems, in particular northwest of Chantal path until Monday evening.
Tropical Storm Chantal was demoted on Sunday to depression after reaching its landing near Litchfield Beach, South Carolina, early on Sunday, the National Hurricane Center said in Miami.
The forecasters warned against the current surf and tear currents on the beaches of Northeast Florida in the States of the Atlantic for the next few days.
