Massive storm brings heavy rain from NC to Maine

[Scurrilous]

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"A massive rainstorm drenched the East Coast from the Carolinas to Maine on Thursday, washing out commutes and wiping away months of dry weather.

The storm flooded parts of coastal North Carolina, driving some people from their homes, and snarled train, air and car traffic in the Northeast. Tornado watches extended from the Outer Banks to New Jersey. But no deaths or major damage were reported.

The hardest rain fell in North Carolina, where Jacksonville picked up 12 inches of rain — nearly a quarter of its typical annual rainfall — in the six hours between 3:30 and 9:30 a.m.

The rain was part of a system moving ahead of the remnants of Tropical Storm Nicole, which dissipated over the Straits of Florida on Wednesday."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100930/ap_on_re_us/us_east_coast_storm

[mnhtnbb]

1. We had 4 1/4" in my Chapel Hill backyard rain gauge.

It is still raining heavily in eastern NC--all the way from Wilmington to the border of Virginia.

[KittyWampus]

2. We didn't any of it... eastern Long Island. Still close to drought.

sigh.

[eilen]

3. It has been gloriously raining all day. nt