North Carolina, Chantal and flooding
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Tropical depression Chantal brought flooding to North Carolina and spurred water rescues before moving over Virginia overnight Monday.
Several of the town’s low-lying areas flooded as Chantal swept through, and falling trees blocked multiple roads.
The city of Mebane on Thursday announced it has resumed limited water treatment at its water treatment plant, but that the facility is still days away from being fully operational after it was damaged by flooding from Tropical Depression Chantal.
Debris lie by an apartment complex in Chapel Hill, N.C. on Monday, July 7, 2025 after Tropical Storm Chantal brought rain and flooding the previous day. The flooding set cars, metal dumpsters and other debris afloat the night of July 6, 2025.
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ABC11 on MSNDurham native cleaning up youth athletic field damaged in Chantal flooding: 'Big mess'DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- Don Daves has a long road ahead of him after floodwaters from Chantal caused serious damage to the fields operated by the Holt Athletic Association in the Old Farm neighborhood near the Eno River. "It's a big mess," Daves said, surveying the flood-damaged site.
Chantal brought heavy, flooding rain and dangerous beach conditions to the Carolinas over the weekend, setting off life-threatening flash flooding Sunday in central parts of North Carolina that killed at least one person and prompted dozens of rescues.
On the heels of Tropical Depression Chantal, climatologists are warning that storms like it could become more common.