Remnants Of Storm Lash East Coast

Original Content.Thnewspk.com Heavy rain coupled with high winds have lashed parts of the US East Coast, flooding streets, closing schools and causing five deaths. The torrential rains and winds gusting in excess of 30mph were the work of late-season Tropical Storm Ida, which quickly weakened once it made landfall on the US Gulf Coast on Tuesday but still soaked a swath of the south-east from Alabama to Georgia. Three people were killed in weather-related traffic accidents in hard-hit Virginia, said state police spokeswoman Corrine Geller

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Heavy rain coupled with high winds have lashed parts of the US East Coast, flooding streets, closing schools and causing five deaths.

The torrential rains and winds gusting in excess of 30mph were the work of late-season Tropical Storm Ida, which quickly weakened once it made landfall on the US Gulf Coast on Tuesday but still soaked a swath of the south-east from Alabama to Georgia.

Three people were killed in weather-related traffic accidents in hard-hit Virginia, said state police spokeswoman Corrine Geller.

In North Carolina, an elderly man was killed when a tree knocked down by strong winds fell on him, said a fire service official.

In New York City, a 36-year-old man surfing at a beach died after getting caught in pounding surf churned up by the storm.

Virginia Gov. Timothy Kaine declared a state of emergency and officials urged people in some areas to stay at home.

Rain and resulting floods are predicted to continue at least throughout Friday, especially along the state’s south-eastern coast and particularly in Norfolk, a coastal city which is home to 250,000 people.

Dominion Power reported more than 77,000 customers without electricity in Virginia and North Carolina.

The National Weather Service said that rainfall in some places on the coast was nearly 15cm.