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Tropical Storm Elsa Dumps Rain on Southeastern US

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Michael Novakhov's favorite articles on  Inoreader  | Post Link Voice of America - English: Tropical Storm Elsa Dumps Rain on Southeastern US posted at 14:42:36 UTC by  Michael_Novakhov   via   1. Russia from Michael_Novakhov (115 sites) The U.S. National Weather Service (NWS) reported Thursday that Elsa remains a tropical storm as it has moves through the southeastern United States, dumping heavy rain and raising the threat of flooding as it moves northeastward. In its latest report, the National Hurricane Center said Elsa was centered in northern South Carolina about 75 kilometers west of the city of Florence and moving to the northeast at about 30 kilometers per hour. It still has maximum sustained winds of about 65 km/h and could drop as much as 20 centimeters of rain in some isolated areas, raising the possibility of flooding in some areas. Tropical storm warnings are in effect for an area of the U.S. East Coast from South Carolina north to New Jersey. Those areas are likely