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Tropical Storm Ophelia makes landfall in North Carolina and will now trek up the East Coast

Tropical Storm Ophelia is heading up the East Coast after making landfall early Saturday near Emerald Isle, North Carolina, delivering heavy rain, strong winds and coastal flooding well beyond its center.

Here are the storm’s latest impacts:

  • Across North Carolina and Virginia, as many as 70,000 homes and businesses lost power, and as of Saturday afternoon, about 42,000 remain in the dark, according to utility tracking site PowerOutage.us.
  • Storm surge flooding of more than 3 feet hit coastal North Carolina where water was seen covering roadways.
  • Five people were rescued from a boat anchored in rough waters near Cape Lookout, North Carolina.
  • States of emergency were declared in Virginia, North Carolina and Maryland.
  • Two MLB games have been postponed: Braves-Nationals in Washington, DC, and Diamondbacks-Yankees in New York.
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