Governor Stein surveyed storm damage in NC and thanked first responders, as efforts to restore utilities and roads continue post-storm.

Tropical cyclones (TCs) rank among the most destructive weather phenomena, often bringing intense winds, heavy rainfall, and massive storm surges.

On the heels of Tropical Depression Chantal, climatologists are warning that storms like it could become more common.

After Tropical Storm Chantal made landfall in South Carolina over the Fourth of July weekend bringing flash flooding to central North Carolina, the tropics are now quiet. Well, sort of.

We need to continue to improve the skill of hyper-localized flood forecasts because this is the main way people are dying from tropical cyclones.

Wind shear (red - strong shear; green - low shear). Shear is typically strong to start the hurricane season:

The low-pressure area  being monitored northeast of Batanes is unlikely to develop into a tropical cyclone and may dissipate within 24 hours, the state weather bureau said.

So, Tropical Depression #3 sits off the SE U.S. Coast, and it’s in an environment that could support gradual intensification. The official forecast from the National Hurricane Center has T.D. #13 becoming a tropical storm before making a landfall across the Carolinas sometime this weekend. It’ll get the name Chantal.