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The Guardian - US
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Michael Sainato

Tropical Storm Ophelia makes landfall in North Carolina as it moves up east coast

Waves break along the jetty at Rudee Inlet in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Waves break along the jetty at Rudee Inlet in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Photograph: Kendall Warner/AP

Tropical Storm Ophelia made landfall on the coast of North Carolina near Emerald Isle early on Saturday as the storm moved north along the US east coast.

Before the storm’s landfall, the governors of Virginia, North Carolina and Maryland declared states of emergency. Ophelia was predicted to bring heavy rainfall, tropical-storm-force winds and minor flooding along the states’ coasts through the weekend.

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