Tropical Depression 16 carries maximum sustained winds of 50 mph, and could cause intense flooding and wind damage as it approaches North Carolina and Virginia.
warn the storm will continue to strengthen as it barrels toward a stretch of warmer waters off the coast of North Carolina, and could pack “a slew of coastal hazards,” as well as heavy rain inland as it makes landfall.
Tropical Depression 16 is expected to make landfall on the coast of North Carolina early Saturday morning, bringing heavy rainfall and a “danger of life-threatening storm surge inundation” in coastal areas of North Carolina and southern Virginia, as well as the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. Tropical storm warnings are in effect in eastern Virginia, Maryland and North Carolina, where the National Weather ServiceStorm surge warnings are also in effect around Virginia Beach, Virginia, as well as northeastern North Carolina and both sides of the southern Chesapeake Bay, while coastal flood warnings are in effect for as far away as, including Richmond, Virginia, as well as parts of North Carolina, Delaware and New Jersey.
The storm is expected to bring strong surf and heavy rain, including “drenching downpours,” farther north to Washington D.C.
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