Severe flooding on N. Lake Park Boulevard in Carolina Beach, NC
Deane Pye, who has lived in Carolina Beach his entire life, talks about some of the worst flooding he has experienced in his life on this beach in a video provided by Evan Pye.
The Wilmington area felt the effects of a possible tropical cyclone on Monday, bringing more than 380 millimeters of rain in some areas and bringing gusty winds and power outages.
After Tropical Storm Debby in August, it is the second storm of the hurricane season to bring excessive rainfall.
Learn more about the storm in photos and videos here.
Photos of Carolina Beach and Southport
By Monday afternoon, most, if not all, of the streets in Carolina Beach were no longer safe to drive on. The same is true of many streets in Southport.
Southport authorities reported massive flooding in the town at the mouth of the Cape Fear River. Several streets were flooded and impassable. There were also numerous reports of flooding affecting homes.
In Carolina Beach, Mayor Lynn Barbee declared a state of emergency to provide additional resources to the region.
Photos from across the area show the impact
Numerous roads in New Hanover, Brunswick and Pender counties were flooded late Monday morning.
The number of power outages also increased.
According to Duke Energy’s outage map, major power outages were reported by noon to more than 1,000 customers in Castle Hayne and along the South College Road corridor in Wilmington between Pine Valley and Monkey Junction.
STORM TRACKER: Find out about the latest developments in the tropics
Watch the water flow through the streets of Southport
Tropical weather in Southport, NC, brings flooding and wind gusts
Due to a possible tropical cyclone with heavy rains and storms, several roads in the city of Brunswick are impassable due to flooding.
At 11am on Monday, the Southport Fire Department announced on Facebook that they were experiencing a high volume of calls, vehicles caught in floodwaters and flooded homes.
Vehicles flooded at Carolina Beach
Vehicles flooded after tropical weather in Carolina Beach, NC
Vehicles on several streets in Carolina Beach were flooded after a storm that dumped more than 10 inches of rain hit the area on Monday. Video provided by Evan Pye.
By midday Monday, it was already difficult to get close to Carolina Beach and view the flooding.
