Tropical Storm Isaias spawned tornadoes and dumped heavy rain as it roared up the East Coast on Tuesday morning after making landfall as a hurricane Monday night near Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina. …
Tropical Storm Isaias spawned tornadoes and dumped heavy rain as it roared up the East Coast on Tuesday morning after making landfall as a hurricane Monday night near Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina. At least one of the tornadoes killed a person in Bertie County, North Carolina, Gov. Roy Cooper confirmed Tuesday morning. Other tornadoes were confirmed in Virginia and Maryland, the National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center said. What was once Hurricane Isaias was downgraded to a tropical storm, though it still packed winds of 70 mph as of Tuesday morning. The National Hurricane Center said in its 8 a.m. ET advisory Tuesday that tornadoes are most likely through midday from southeast Virginia to New Jersey. More than 600,000 customers were without power in Virginia and North Carolina, according to poweroutage.us. As of 8 a.m., the center of Isaias was located about 15 miles south-southeast of Tappahannock, Virginia. The storm was racing north at 33 mph. For first-in-the-morning updates, sign up to get USA TODAY’s Daily Briefing in your inbox. This file will be updated throughout the day. At least two radar-confirmed tornadoes were reported on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, according to the National Weather Service. The first was located at 6:01 a.m. near Vienna moving north near Sharptown, Hurlock and Choptank. Social media reports indicate the tornado littered Route 50 with debris and caused damage in Mardela Springs, with photos posted to Facebook showing at least one home destroyed.
