Remnants of Hurricane Isaias dumped more than 5 inches of rain in parts of North Carolina, causing flash flooding, landslides and leaving 11,000 Duke Energy customers without power early Sunday.
More than 1,200 of those outages were in the Charlotte area, where the U.S. Geological Survey recorded nearly 2.4 inches of rain. The highest rain totals were in the Mint Hill area, officials say.
Rain will continue to fall through Sunday morning, with up to an additional inch forecast for the Charlotte area, the National Weather Service said.
McDowell County Emergency Management says “more than 7 inches of rain” fell overnight in the Sugar Hill/Zion Hill and Crooked Creek communities…