Sunday, March 4, 2012

Storm washes Carolinas.(Main)

Byline: Associated Press

CHARLESTON, S.C. - Tropical Storm Cristobal churned off the Southeast seaboard after it formed Saturday, the first storm to threaten the U.S. this hurricane season, forecasters said.

The storm strengthened from a tropical depression, generating maximum sustained winds of 40 mph as it promised to bring much-needed rains to the parched eastern Carolinas.

Although the center of the storm was forecast to remain off the coast through the weekend, tropical storm warnings were in effect from the South Santee River in South Carolina to the North Carolina-Virginia …

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