H ILLSBOROUGH, N.C. (WNCN) — The Town of Hillsborough is facing over a million dollars in repair costs for equipment damaged by Chantal. Residents Rich Shaw and Holly Reid reported that water from the Eno River severely flooded their yard.

Tropical Storm Chantal weakened into a depression after sweeping inland across South Carolina into eastern North Carolina on Sunday, July 6, though the system still brought a threat of flash flooding and dangerous rip currents.

Storms like Chantal are categorized based on one danger marker. Lower category storms are still extremely dangerous due to other potentially deadly hazards

Chantal weakened into a post-tropical cyclone after forming off the coast of Florida, bringing significant flooding to several Eastern U.S. states, according to the National Hurricane Center. Chantal became a tropical depression on Friday, bringing heavy rain to Central Florida.

Impacts of Chantal are being felt across the region, with rain falling across eastern Florida and up to Delaware.

Tropical storm warnings were extended up to Surf City, North Carolina, ahead of Tropical Storm Chantal's landfall in South Carolina early Sunday.

A tropical storm watch stretches along the coast from Edisto Beach, S.C., to the South Santee River. The hurricane center said those elsewhere along the southeast coast of the United States should also keep an eye on Chantal. Chantal is expected to track slowly to the north and then northwest and move onshore in South Carolina by Sunday morning.

Officials in North Carolina say heavy rain and flooding from the remnants of Tropical Storm Chantal forced dozens of people to flee their homes.

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