Tropical Storm Isaias was located about 55 miles east southeast of Cape Canaveral as of 8 p.m. ET Sunday with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph.
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The National Hurricane Center issued a hurricane watch Sunday evening for parts of the Carolina coast from north of Charleston, South Carolina, to north of Wilmington, North Carolina. It said hurricane conditions were possible in the area Monday night and early Tuesday.
"Isaias is expected to be near hurricane strength when it reaches the coast of northern South Carolina and southern North Carolina Monday night, and strong tropical storm force winds are likely with hurricane conditions possible in the Hurricane Watch area," it said.
After battering Grand Bahama Island early Sunday, a tropical storm warning was in effect from Sebastian Inlet, Florida, to Ocracoke Inlet -- north of Surf City, North Carolina. A tropical storm watch continues up the coast to Watch Hill, Rhode Island.
The wind and rain seemed to be dying down in Freeport, Bahamas, midday Sunday, but not before giving Sidneka Munroe a scare. Heavy rains brought floodwaters up to 3 feet high, she told CNN, and if the storm had been any stronger or longer, she fears, it would've damaged her and her family's home.
"It was pretty terrifying, not knowing what to expect. The area we live in only started flooding since Dorian (in 2019), so the first sign of sunlight, it was necessary to see how bad the flooding was. This storm brought a lot of rain, for sure."
US East Coast to get drenched
Isaias is threatening Florida with winds capable of damaging roofs and buildings and destroying some mobile homes, according to the National Weather Service in Miami.
The storm will also dump up to 6 inches of water over parts of the state, and up to 8 inches in parts of the Carolinas and mid-Atlantic states. As it treks along the coast, Northeast Florida and coastal Georgia will see up to 4 inches of rain.
"Heavy rainfall from Isaias will continue to result in potentially life-threatening flash flooding in the Northwest Bahamas through tonight," according to the National Hurricane Center.
"Flash and urban flooding, some of which may be significant in the eastern Carolinas and the mid-Atlantic, are expected through midweek along and near the path of Isaias across the U.S. East Coast. Widespread minor to isolated moderate river flooding is possible across portions of the Carolinas and the mid-Atlantic," the weather service said.
By the time the storm moves further north Tuesday and Wednesday, southeast New York and parts of New England could see up to 6 inches of rain.
The system already drenched the Bahamas after crossing over Andros Island as a Category 1 hurricane Saturday morning, leaving in its wake downed trees and power outages.
Along Florida's southern coast, isolated tornadoes could peel off roofs and snap off branches, the weather service said.
Earlier, some 27,000 Florida customers were without power, acco
