Forecasters expect tropical depression to strengthen before landfall in South Carolina

Coastal areas in the Carolinas and Virginia will feel tropical impacts for the first time in 2025 over this holiday weekend.

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00:00This is not the only thing that we're watching. Of course, we're watching what is now Tropical

00:04Depression 3 off the coast here, spinning in the Atlantic. It will be making its way to the

00:09southeast coast. So let's give you an idea of exactly what to expect here with our latest

00:14iPath. Now, you'll notice landfall. We do have this as a tropical storm by the time it makes

00:20landfall in South Carolina. This is set to happen 4 a.m. Sunday, so Saturday overnight into Sunday.

00:25Then this will continue to make its way through South Carolina up into North Carolina. By the time

00:30we get to Tuesday afternoon, we are no longer a tropical storm. I mean, even as we get to Sunday

00:36afternoon, no longer a tropical storm. But by Tuesday afternoon, that's when we see impacts

00:41into Virginia. Now, what kind of impacts are we talking about? Well, let's break it down step by

00:45step here. Overall, overall tropical impacts, they're lower. Accuweather, a real impact scale

00:51is less than one. But we are going to see flooding. We are going to see storm surge. And we are going

00:55to see stronger wind gusts that can bring power outages and some damage here. So as far as

01:01rainfall, we're looking at two to four inches with your Accuweather local storm max of 10 inches of

01:05rainfall. When we look at storm surge, though, this is Friday night through Sunday, we're talking one

01:10to three feet of storm surge. That is going to bring some flooding. And that's not the only thing

01:15we're watching. Of course, I mentioned the wind as well. Here's a look at what to expect. Kind of the

01:19locations going to see the worst of it. We're talking 40, 50, 60 mile per hour wind gusts, which yes,

01:24is at kind of the lower end here. But that's enough to do some damage. That's enough to knock

01:29out power. And we've been talking about it is going to be hot in these areas as well. So we're

01:33talking about dangerous situations for some people when you're without power. You want to keep in mind

01:39some of those things and be making preparations now to prepare for the storm in general, but also to

01:43know what to do if you lose power and how you're going to stay cool, how you're going to stay safe.

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