ORLANDO, Fla. — Tropical depression Claudette, the third named storm of the year, will restrengthen back into a tropical storm before leaving North Carolina as it continues to move across the southeast region of the United States with heavy rain and possible flash floods on Sunday, according to the National Hurricane Center.
As of 5 p.m. EDT, the tropical depression was located about 80 miles west of Columbia, South Carolina, and 260 miles west of Cape Fear, North Carolina, with maximum sustained winds at 30 miles per hour.
“On the forecast track, the system should cross portions of the southeast U.S. through tonight, move over the coast of North Carolina into the western Atlantic Ocean on Monday, and be located south of Nova Scotia by late Tuesday,” said Daniel Brown, NHC specialist.
