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Tropical Storm Bonnie Forms Off Carolinas as Deadly Flooding Overwhelms Texas

29 May 2016 05:18 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. A tropical depression strengthened into a tropical storm Saturday off the Carolinas — the latest wild weather expected to hit the nation over the long holiday weekend as a fourth person was found dead amid flooding in Texas, APA reports quoting .

Tropical Storm Bonnie formed just before 5 p.m. ET and was about 130 miles southeast of Beaufort, South Carolina and packing maximum sustained winds of 45 mph winds as of 11 p.m., the National Hurricane Center said. It was forecast to drench the Carolinas with up to three inches of rain, which had already started falling on the South Carolina coast earlier Saturday.

Whipping winds and dangerous waves as high as 13 feet could also hit the two states, as well as Georgia and Florida over the coming days, forecasters said.

A tropical depression strengthened into a tropical storm Saturday off the Carolinas — the latest wild weather expected to hit the nation over the long holiday weekend as a fourth person was found dead amid flooding in Texas.

Whipping winds and dangerous waves as high as 13 feet could also hit the two states, as well as Georgia and Florida over the coming days, forecasters said.

Elsewhere in the nation, flooding and heavy rain were wreaking havoc. In Texas, at least four people were killed and two others were missing after torrential downpours, and the state was bracing for more rain through Memorial Day.

Lela Holland, 64, died in her home when floods washed through, according to the Washington County Sheriff's office. Jimmy Wayne Schaeffer, 49, was killed when he drove his truck into high water, a statement from the office said.

The body of Darren Mitchell, 21, a National Guardsman, was recovered Saturday after his vehicle was swept off the road by floods, the statement said. And Pyarali Rajebhi Umatiya, 59, was killed when his vehicle stalled in high water, according to the statement.