(The Center Square) – Remnants of Hurricane Isaias, killer of four in the Deep South since arrival as a Category 2 hurricane near Destin, Fla., on Friday, moved through the Carolinas on Sunday sending rivers over their banks in the mountains and spawning tornadoes in the Coastal Plains.
Two years after the state’s worst natural disaster in Hurricane Helene, five landslides were reported in McDowell County. In Burke County, water rescues saved two people and their dog along the Catawba River. Another saved a woman in her car in Morganton.
Rainfall in a 24-hour period neared 10 inches in some places.
In eastern North Carolina on Sunday afternoon, multiple tornadoes were reported to have touched down east of Interstate 95. Official surveys of damage, and measurements from the Enhanced Fujita Scale, were being taken Monday.
The Duplin County communities of Chinquapin and Beulaville were impacted. Survey damage and confirmation was not in at time of publication.
The National Weather Service on Monday said:
• an EF-1 tornado touched down near Candor in Montgomery County with winds exceeding 100 mph.
• an EF-1 tornado touched down south of Kinston with winds estimated between 90 and 100 mph.
• an EF-0 tornado was on the ground in southern Sampson County for less than a minute.
Additional surveys of damage were still taking place at time of publication.
During the weekend, power outages were reported in the western part of the state for up to 11,000 and in the Piedmont for an estimated 5,000. More than 3,000 from the mountains to the coast were reported by ReadyNC just before 8 a.m. on Monday.
Multiple road closures on Monday were on the DriveNC map.
Four deaths have been reported from the first hurricane of the Atlantic Basin season. Isaias came ashore near Destin, Fla., on Friday as a Category 2. This means winds of 96-110 mph, and below the major categories of 3, 4 and 5 on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale.