Several states are hunkering down as Tropical Storm Ophelia barrels towards the East Coast, where it is expected to make landfall on Saturday with “life-threatening” storm surge, heavy rains and fi…
Several states are hunkering down as Tropical Storm Ophelia barrels towards the East Coast, where it is expected to make landfall on Saturday with “life-threatening” storm surge, heavy rains and fierce winds.
Upgraded to tropical storm status on Friday, Ophelia is expected to make landfall in North Carolina before turning north, battering the coast with 50-70 mph winds. More than 7 million people are under some kind of tropical weather alert from the Tarheel State to the Delmarva Peninsula,So far, the governors of North Carolina, Virginia and Maryland have declared states of emergency.
Impacts from Ophelia could be felt in the Outer Banks on Friday, as the storm was 90 miles south of Cape Hatteras and heading north-northwest at around 12 mph.Waves break along the jetty at Rudee Inlet in Virginia Beach ahead of Ophelia’s landfall.“The water [in eastern North Carolina] may rise as high as 6 feet above normally dry ground,” Fox News Meteorologist Greg Diamond told The Post. “Up to 4 feet of storm surge may impact the Outer Banks up into Chesapeake Bay.
“Major flooding is expected all along the Virginia and Maryland shores of Chesapeake Bay with the overnight high tide tonight,” which is between 3 and 5 a.m., Diamond said. “These water levels could be life-threatening and will be the worst hazard from this storm. We expect numerous roads and structures to flood.
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