US EditionFlooding from Chantal’s remnants forces dozens to flee homes in North Carolina
- Just before midnight Monday, Alamance County declared a state of emergency, ordering voluntary evacuations downstream of Lake Michael Dam amid flooding and water rescues.
- Following heavy rain from Chantal’s remnants, flooding across central North Carolina led to dozens of evacuations and over 22,000 power outages, as the storm was downgraded to a depression.
- The Haw River crested at 32.5 feet, the second-highest on record, with over 30,000 customers losing power and crews conducting multiple water rescues.
- Following the emergency declaration, evacuations were carried out to Mebane Arts Center amid receding floodwaters and ongoing hotspots, with the county's Monday meeting canceled.
- The National Weather Service warns that a flash flood warning remains active until Tuesday afternoon as the early hurricane season continues through November with significant rainfall and record river levels.
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Chantal devastates central North Carolina with historic flooding
The third storm of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season — and the first to make landfall in the US — Tropical Storm Chantal caused significant damage in North Carolina over the holiday weekend, leaving lasting remnants. The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) has closed 120 roads due to flooding through Alamance County, including I-40/85. On Tuesday Governor Josh Stein is scheduled to visit the area to survey damage. Alamance, Pers…
Husband, wife swim to safety in Haw River amid flooding
HAW RIVER, N.C. (WGHP) -- Floodwaters rose fast in Haw River after Tropical Storm Chantal dumped heavy rainfall on the area, leading to water rescues as roads and homes filled with water. One of the hardest-hit areas was Fleming Road, where Back Creek quickly overflowed, covering streets and surrounding homes. The creek sits near Fleming Road and feeds into the Haw River. The flooding left yards looking like lakes and mailboxes barely sticking o…
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As the Texas flooding death toll reached 95 on Monday — at least 27 of them children — and Tropical Storm Chantal prompted dozens of water rescues in North Carolina, some Floridians were reminded of the disastrous “rain bomb” in…
Authorities in central North Carolina were working to rescue stranded people and clear the roads on Monday after Tropical Depression Chantal dropped as much as 10 inches of rain in parts of the state, causing significant flooding that flooded homes, closed roads, caught drivers, and raised rivers to near-historical levels. The storm, which struck land as a tropical storm early Sunday morning in South Carolina and then moved inland as a tropical …
Flooding from Chantal's remnants forces dozens to flee homes, claims 1 life
Officials in North Carolina say a woman was killed when floodwaters from the remnants of Tropical Storm Chantal swept her car from a rural road and dozens of people were forced to flee their homes by floodwaters. The Chapel Hill…
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