Major storm dumps a foot of rain in Southeast, threatens coastal flooding in Mid-Atlantic

ARLINGTON, Va. − A sprawling tempest that hammered the Southeast with up to a ft of rain was mounting its sights connected Mid-Atlantic states Tuesday, threatening aggregate inches of rainfall and coastal flooding, forecasters said.

Flood watches person been been issued crossed the Washington, D.C., country including suburban Virginia, occidental Maryland and parts of West Virginia. Totals rainfall amounts of up to 3 inches are expected, andd determination could beryllium up to 5 inches on the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Parts of cardinal North Carolina, inactive recovering from the furious rains fueled by the the remnants of Hurricane Helene successful September, could spot 5 inches done Wednesday, the National Weather Service warned. The hazard of flash flooding volition agelong each the mode into Pennsylvania.

Although overmuch of the portion has been experiencing mean to terrible drought conditions, rainfall rates could go "heavy capable to enactment a flash flood threat," wrote meteorologist Peter Mullinax successful the National Weather Service's short-range forecast discussion. Mullinax added that determination was a"dearth of flood watches" successful parts of Virginia and North Carolina.

Major storm: Gulf Coast to Virginia could beryllium swamped with buckets of rainfall this week

Storm drenched the Southeast this weekend

The tempest had stalled implicit the Southeast implicit the weekend, overwhelming travel cities with rain. In Georgia, astir 7 inches of rainfall fell successful Savannah and implicit 3 inches Augusta. Over 4 inches of rainfall fell connected Columbia, South Carolina.

Some agrarian areas of South Carolina, Georgia and the Florida Panhandle were deluged with up to a ft of rainfall successful caller days, AccuWeather reported.

Coastal flooding threatens overmuch of South, East this week

Some rivers successful the Southeast are forecast to scope flood levels aboriginal this week. A flood ticker was successful effect for bluish Virginia, Washington, D.C., and suburban Maryland, the upwind work said. A coastal flood advisory has been issued crossed areas of New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware with imaginable flooding and h2o surges successful low-lying coastal areas.

Coastal cities on the Atlantic specified arsenic Miami and Charleston, South Carolina, already prone to high-tide flooding, could look accrued flood hazard if dense rainfall adds unit to already taxed drainage systems, AccuWeather said.

This nonfiction primitively appeared connected USA TODAY: Storm that soaked Southeast threatens coastal flooding successful Mid-Atlantic