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Flood Warnings, Heavy Rains Stretch From the Carolinas to Maine
2010-10-01 10:09:51.767 GMT
By Alex Morales and Brian K. Sullivan
Oct. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Flood warnings and watches stretched
from the Carolinas to Maine as heavy rain caused power outages
and inundated much of the U.S. Eastern Seaboard.
As much as 12 inches (30 centimeters) of rain fell on parts
of North Carolina through last night and at least five inches
soaked Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania, the National Weather
Service said. Four people including two children were killed
after their vehicle slid off U.S. 64 and into a flooded ditch in
North Carolina, the Raleigh News & Observer reported.
Flood warnings were in place in Baltimore and Washington,
where authorities handed sandbags to residents, as bands of
heavy rainfall lashed New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania this
morning. Parts of New York, New Jersey, Virginia, Delaware and
the Carolinas were warned to expect further flooding.
"We expect to see more flooding along the rivers
throughout the next two or three days," North Carolina State
Emergency Management Director Doug Hoell said in an online
statement. "We're not out of the woods yet."
The weather service reported the low-pressure system off
the Delmarva area will track northeast through the New York-New
Jersey metropolitan area this morning, "resulting in the
potential for heavy rain" and possible flash-flooding.
The Federal Aviation Administration reported no major
delays early today after flights were held back for four hours
at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York yesterday,
almost two hours at LaGuardia and an hour in Newark, New Jersey.
About 13,000 Progress customers in the Carolinas were
without power yesterday because of the heavy rains, said David
McNeill, spokesman for Progress Energy Inc. in Raleigh. The
company restored power for 32,000 customers.
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