Alamance declares state of emergency

Central NC areas declare state of emergency

CHAPEL HILL — Floodwaters from the remnants of Tropical Storm Chantal swept a woman in her car from a rural road and forced dozens of people to flee their homes, officials in North Carolina said Monday.

Alamance declares state of emergency

Tropical Storm Chantal dropped up to 10 inches on parts of Alamance and Caswell counties on Sunday, flooding many low-lying areas and driving the Haw River to near-record flooding that shut down a portion of Interstate 40/85 in eastern Alamance…

Tropical Storm Chantal pauses over Alamance, leaving flooding, power outages, water disruption

Alamance County came in for a real pounding this weekend as the remnants of Tropical Storm Chantal made their way through central North Carolina on Sunday. According to the Associated Press, Chantal made landfall along the South Carolina coast at about 4:00 a.m. Thirteen hours later, the storm was within 65 miles of Raleigh and still able to pack maximum sustained winds of 30 miles per hour. Chantal remained a force to be reckoned with as it rea…