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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

High tides raise flood risk in Carolinas as tropical storms churn in Atlantic and Pacific

Extreme Weather Tropical Storm Priscilla - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

A storm without a name and unusual king tides were causing some flooding on the Carolina coast early Friday as tropical storms churned in the Atlantic and along Mexico's Pacific coast.

About a dozen streets were already flooded in Charleston, South Carolina, and the city offered free parking in some garages. A high tide of 8.5 feet (2.6 meters) was forecast Friday morning, which would be the 13th highest in more than a century of recorded data in Charleston Harbor.

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