Weather

A widespread 3 to 5 inches of rain is forecast to fall over the tri-state area Friday, with 7 to 10 inches possible locally, causing crippling travel delays and severe flash flooding.

An already tragic wildfire season could have been worse owing to drought conditions, but rain from an atmospheric river has delivered much-needed water.

The storm, which has brought heavy rain and strong winds to North Carolina and Virginia, is expected to continue to weaken.

Tropical Storm Ophelia made landfall in North Carolina, bringing heavy rain and high winds to the region before it is expected to move north toward Virginia.

The storm was expected move across the eastern part of North Carolina into Virginia on Saturday and Sunday.

Colby Maury-Rice was exercising at Camp Shelby, near Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on Aug. 12, when he had heatstroke, his heart stopped and slipped into a coma, his stepfather said.

“After the year 2050, 2060, all of the Mediterranean will be in bad shape in terms of extreme events,” the country's leading climate scientist said. “They would happen more often and with larger intensity.”

No coastal watches or warnings were in effect as the storm remained far from land.

The latest incident in weeks of destructive and deadly weather spurred authorities to call for vigilance against strong winds in coastal areas near the Yellow Sea.

The storm, which is not expected to make landfall, had maximum sustained winds of nearly 80 mph and was expected to rapidly intensify into a major hurricane on Tuesday.

A 51-year-old motorist in Searsport, Maine, died Saturday after a large tree limb fell on his vehicle on U.S. Highway 1 in high winds.