Memorial Day muddle
The center of the storm made landfall near
Alberto dumped about 3 to 5 inches of rain over a six-hour period on east
Rainfall and gusty winds from the storm is expected to continue overnight into Tuesday for much of the
A flash flood watch is in effect for
"The threat of dangerous rip currents will remain in the high category through at least through Tuesday," he said. "We seem to lose one or two people to rip currents after the storm is passed, (when) the sun is out, but the rip current threat has not come down yet."
Officials from
"Most of the issues we're having right now are downed trees and downed limbs,"
Earlier on Monday, about 475 customers had lost electricity, he said. By about
Svehla said low-lying areas experienced some minor flooding, and a few roads were closed.
"Our beaches did good," he said. "There was not a lot of erosion. The (storm) surge was not that large."
No major storm-caused problems were reported in
At the beaches, "We put double-red flags into forcible effect and I don't believe anyone has been getting into the water," Saul said.
He said officials also are keeping an eye on local rivers.
"Nothing has crested over the flood stage, so we're feeling pretty fortunate right now," Saul said.
County officials put out many piles of sand several days ago in case people wanted to mitigate any flooding in their homes, she said.
"Now, they're better prepared for hurricane season," which officially starts Friday, Whitehurst said. "What Alberto has done for us is to have people dust off their hurricane plans and stock up on supplies."
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