Tropical Storm Ophelia made landfall early Saturday morning, blasting North Carolina with 70 mph winds, heavy rain and coastal flooding, and knocking out power to more than 70,000 homes and businesses in several states.
The storm made landfall near Emerald Isle, in the southern part of North Carolina’s Outer Banks, at about 6:15 a.m. with strong gusts only attributed to hurricane-force winds.
The storm is moving quickly inland, heading north with winds up to 50 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center, and is forecast to move northeast through Sunday.
Up to eight inches of rain and a six-foot storm surge are expected in parts of North Carolina and Virginia.
Tropical Storm Ophelia made landfall Saturday morning in North Carolina and is expected to bring rain and wind to the East Coast through the weekend. Fox weather
Storm chasers shared footage Saturday of rough waves rocking boats in New Bern, North Carolina and torrential water inundating a home and a car in the town of Washington, which is about 30 miles from the coast on the north bank of the Pamlico River.
The community was submerged under the storm surge from the tropical storm #Ophelia here in Washington, North Carolina. Several areas were also cut off, seeing water rescue crews move across the city just to make sure calls came in later. Most of the city lost power due to fallen trees due to… pic.twitter.com/EodW0Othp6
— Bryce Shelton (@BryceShelton01) September 23, 2023
Five people, including three children, were rescued by the US Coast Guard from a sailboat off Cape Lookout, North Carolina, late Friday as the storm approached. Waves reached 10 feet and winds were gusting to 40 mph when the boat’s owner called for help.
The tropical storm’s impact extends as far as 300 miles from the center of the massive system, according to the National Weather Service, and is likely to knock down trees and down power lines along its path.
As of Saturday afternoon, about 40,000 power outages were reported in North Carolina, 13,600 in Virginia, more than 7,000 in Pennsylvania and 5,700 in New Jersey, according to the tracking site PowerOutage.us. About 1,500 homes and businesses on Long Island saw power outages as well. Downed wires knocked out power to a handful of homes spread across the five counties as well, according to Con Edison’s outage map.
More than 70,000 people lost power early Saturday after Hurricane Ophelia made landfall. Fox weather
Several airlines issued travel advisories, warning of possible delays along the East Coast due to the tropical storm. Delays and cancellations at John F. Kennedy, Newark Liberty, Washington’s Dulles and Charleston appear to have had a ripple effect, canceling schedules at major hubs across the country such as Chicago O’Hare, Atlanta and Denver.
Ophelia is forecast to slow down to a post-tropical cyclone by Sunday as it approaches Maryland, the NWS predicted, but heavy rain is possible from Pennsylvania to Long Island and even New England. The rain may last through Sunday, but things will improve by Monday.
“Thankfully, Ophelia will weaken,” Fox Weather meteorologist Jordan Overton told The Post.
“We see this rain [in New York City] coming from Ophelia, it’s an outer band, but it won’t be as strong as it approaches the northeast coast later today and tomorrow,” Overton said on Saturday.
Ophelia is on track to move across eastern North Carolina and travel through southeastern Virginia, before heading north over the weekend. Fox weather
A storm surge warning is in effect from Bogue Inlet, North Carolina, to Chincoteague, Virginia. Surges of between 4 and 6 feet are forecast in some areas, according to reports, and tropical storm warnings have been issued from Cape Fear, North Carolina, to Fenwick Island, Delaware.
States of emergency were declared in North Carolina, Virginia and Maryland on Friday. Some schools closed early and weekend events up and down the coast were rained out.
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