Tropical Storm Danny formed Monday afternoon off the U.S. East Coast and is predicted to make landfall over South Carolina on Monday evening, the National Hurricane Center said.
As of 5 p.m. Eastern time, Danny had strengthened with sustained winds of 45 mph, was located about 35 miles east of Beaufourt, South Carolina, and 35 miles south-southwest of Charleston, North Carolina, moving west-northwest at 16 mph. Tropical-storm-force winds extend out 35 miles, the NHC said.
The NHC issued a tropical storm warning from Edisto Beach, South Carolina, to South Santee River, South Carolina.
