EMERALD
ISLE - INTERNATIONAL
News:
Tropical storm Ophelia
weakens, threat of coastal flooding and flash floods in US’s mid-Atlantic
remains
What's
in the news?
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Residents in parts of coastal North
Carolina and Virginia experienced flooding after tropical storm Ophelia made
landfall near a North Carolina barrier
island, US.
Key
takeaways:
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The storm came ashore near Emerald Isle
with near-hurricane-strength winds of 70 mph (113 kph), bringing rain and
dangerous surges.
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The winds weakened as the storm moved
north, with the storm’s centre passing into Virginia by nightfall, according to
the US National Hurricane Centre. It did, however, continue to pose a risk of
coastal flooding and flash floods in the mid-Atlantic region.