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Bertha Remnants Spark Flood Threat, I-40 Closure in NC

7/25/2026

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Moisture from former tropical storm Bertha fuels a flood threat across the Southeast United States on Friday.
A Level 3 flood-risk area in southeast North Carolina and coastal/central South Carolina may receive up to 5 inches of rain at 3 inches per hour through Friday night.
Flash-flood warnings were issued Wednesday night for Greensboro and Winston-Salem, N.C.
Thursday flooding closed a short stretch of I-40 northwest of Durham, N.C.

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Story summary

Moisture from former tropical storm Bertha fuels a flood threat across the Southeast United States on Friday.
A Level 3 flood-risk area in southeast North Carolina and coastal/central South Carolina may receive up to 5 inches of rain at 3 inches per hour through Friday night.
Flash-flood warnings were issued Wednesday night for Greensboro and Winston-Salem, N.C.
Thursday flooding closed a short stretch of I-40 northwest of Durham, N.C.