North Carolina Flooding Continues
North Carolina continues to feel the devastating effects of Hurricane Matthew, days after the storm first impacted the state.
Hurricane Matthew Rages through the Caribbean & Southeast US
More than 4,000 days have passed since the last major hurricane made landfall in the mainland US. Matthew failed to break that drought, officially making landfall in South Carolina as a category one storm on October 9. That’s cold comfort, though, for residents of the coastal southeast who are beginning recovery efforts. An even greater humanitarian crisis is unfolding across portions of the northern Caribbean, especially Haiti.
Tropical Storm Nicole Drifting North, Targeting Bermuda Later This Week!
Historic Hurricane Matthew has exited the Eastern Seaboard, but Tropical Storm Nicole continues to spin quietly over the open Atlantic. Nicole has been meandering for several days but is starting to move slowly north. Intensification is expected with Nicole likely to be a hurricane as it approaches Bermuda on Thursday.
Matthew Weakening, But Threat Not Over
As of Saturday afternoon, Hurricane Matthew was barely maintaining hurricane strength, with peak sustained winds around 75 mph, just one mile per hour above the threshold needed for a storm to be considered a hurricane. But even if Matthew’s strongest winds are in the past, that doesn’t mean the threat for North and South Carolina is over, as heavy rain, gusty winds, high surf and isolated tornadoes are still all possible for the remainder of Saturday night. Virginia and southeast Maryland are also facing the threat for flash flooding.