Tropical Depression Chantal was bringing flooding rains and multiple tornadoes to central North Carolina over Sunday night, prompting Orange and Moore counties to declare states of emergencies. The big picture: Chantal was threatening communities inland after making landfall as a tropical storm along the coast of the Carolinas on Sunday morning,

Tropical Storm Chantal has made landfall in South Carolina, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC). “Chantal is now just inland in far eastern South Carolina. TS conditions expected in