Tropical Storm Ophelia makes landfall in North Carolina
The storm came ashore near Emerald Isle in North Carolina with near-hurricane-strength winds of 70 mph this morning.
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The Virginia Beach Oceanfront shoreline is marked with sediment from the Atlantic Ocean detailing where the storm surge peaked during high tide as Tropical Storm Ophelia makes her track north on Saturday, Sept. 23, in Virginia Beach, Va.2/19
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A group of beachgoers watch people kiteboarding in the storm surge of Tropical Storm Ophelia on Saturday, Sept. 23, at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront, in Virginia Beach, Va.3/19
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A man uses a metal detector on the Virginia Beach oceanfront during Tropical Storm Ophelia on Saturday, Sept. 23, in Virginia Beach, Va.4/19
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Several kiteboarders brave the storm surge of Tropical Storm Ophelia on Saturday, Sept. 23, at the Virginia Beach oceanfront, in Virginia Beach, Va.5/19
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Visitors walk the boardwalk of the Virginia Beach Oceanfront during Tropical Storm Ophelia on Saturday, Sept. 23, in Virginia Beach, Va.6/19
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Wind driven waves slam into docks along Irving Avenue as Tropical Storm Ophelia reaches Colonial Beach, in Westmoreland County, Va., on Saturday, Sept. 23.7/19
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Waves generated by Tropical Storm Ophelia crash up on the banks of the Potomac River along Irving Avenue in the town of Colonial Beach in Westmoreland County, Va., on Saturday, Sept. 23.8/19
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A pair of passersby can't decide whether to approach the waters of the Potomac River as Tropical Storm Ophelia creates waves next to Wilkerson's Seafood Restaurant along McKinney Boulevard in Colonial Beach, Va., on Saturday, Sept. 23.9/19
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Trinity United Methodist Church in Poquoson, Va., opened their parking lot to local residents to park their vehicles in response to Tropical Storm Ophelia on Saturday, Sept. 23. The City of Poquoson, a local fishing community near NASA Langley Research Center, has low level areas that are prone to flooding.10/19
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Roads in the Maryus area of Gloucester, Va., are covered by floodwaters after Tropical Storm Ophelia made landfall, bringing rain, damaging winds, and dangerous surges, on Saturday, Sept. 23. Maryus is a low-level area with a significant amount of saltwater marshland that's prone to flooding.11/19
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This Saturday, Sept. 23, satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Tropical Storm Ophelia making landfall in North Carolina.12/19
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Waves break along the jetty at Rudee Inlet in Virginia Beach, Va., on Friday, Sept. 22, as Tropical Storm Ophelia approaches the area.13/19
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Zach Wright, 12, skimboards in floodwaters from the Lafayette River in the Larchmont Neighborhood of Norfolk, Va., Friday, Sept. 22, as Tropical Storm Ophelia approaches.14/19
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Beach-goers brave the weather and walk along the boardwalk at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront on Friday, Sept. 22, as Tropical Storm Ophelia approaches, in Virginia Beach, Va.15/19
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Beach-goers brave the weather and walk along the sand at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront on Friday, Sept. 22, as Tropical Storm Ophelia approaches in Virginia Beach, Va.16/19
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The tops of trees blow sideways at the Virginia Beach, Virginia Oceanfront on Friday, Sept. 22, as Tropical Storm Ophelia approaches the area.17/19
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Scott Bierman, a water taxi driver in Annapolis, Md., said the water taxi service in Maryland's capital city was shutting down at 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 22, due to an intensifying weather system off the mid-Atlantic coast, and the decision has already been made for water taxi service to be closed on Saturday.18/19
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Nancy and Bob Shoemaker, whose home is next to the water, load sandbags into their car in downtown Annapolis, Md., on Friday, Sept. 22, in preparation for an approaching storm.19/19
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Nicole Torres, a spokeswoman for the Office of Emergency Management for the city of Annapolis, Md., ties a sandbag on Friday, Sept. 22, as residents prepared for an approaching storm.
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