This picture supplied by NOAA exhibits Tropical Storm Chantal forming off the coast of the U.S. Carolinas on Saturday, July 5, 2025.
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Tropical Storm Chantal fashioned off the southeast U.S. coast and was forecast to deliver heavy rains to components of the Carolinas on Saturday. Tropical storm warnings had been issued for parts of the 2 states, the Nationwide Hurricane Middle in Miami stated.
The storm’s heart was positioned about 80 miles (125 kilometers) east-southeast of Charleston, South Carolina, on Saturday night time, and 140 miles (225 kilometers) south-southwest of Wilmington, North Carolina. Its most sustained winds had been clocked at 45 mph (75 kph), and it was shifting north at 7 mph (11 kph).
Rain bands from Chantal had been shifting over the coast, the hurricane heart stated, and the storm’s heart was anticipated to maneuver over South Carolina in a single day or early Sunday. Some slight strengthening was anticipated, adopted by speedy weakening after landfall.
Heavy rain was forecast for the coastal plain of the Carolinas by way of Monday — complete rainfall of two to 4 inches (5 to 10 centimeters), with native quantities as much as 6 inches — threatening flash flooding.
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