Federal warning issued over tropical storm that will pound the Carolinas and ... trends now
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A brewing tropical storm is threatening to hit the East Coast with strong winds and life-threatening storm surges which could cause torrential rain and flash flooding.
It has been named Potential Tropical Cyclone 16 and is expected to become a tropical storm as it approaches the coast of North Carolina from Friday.
The storm, which has formed off the Florida coast, will be dubbed Ophelia once it is found to have wind speeds of at least 39 miles per hour.
A Tropical Storm Warning has been issued by the National Hurricane Center (NHC) for areas including Cape Fear, Albemarle and Pamlico Sound in North Carolina as well as southern Delaware, southeastern Virginia and parts of Chesapeake Bay.
Residents in these areas have been told to follow the advice given by local officials while the warning is in place.
A brewing tropical storm is threatening to hit the East Coast with strong winds and life-threatening storm surges which could cause torrential rain and flash flooding
A Tropical Storm Warning has been issued by the National Hurricane Center for areas including Cape Fear, Albemarle and Pamlico Sound in North Carolina as well as southern Delaware , southeastern Virginia and parts of Chesapeake Bay
Coastal communities from North Carolina to the Delmarva Peninsula are also under a Storm Surge Warning or Watch.
Potential Tropical Cyclone 16 is located around 345 miles southeast of Charleston, South Carolina and is moving north at a speed of nine miles per hour.
It currently has maximum sustained winds of 35 miles per our with higher gust winds.
The storm will continue to head north early on Friday before it makes a north-northwestward to northward motion which will continue into the weekend.
The center of the system will approach the North Carolina
