Crews in North Carolina are "overwhelmed" with water rescues and search efforts on Monday after Chantal, then a tropical storm, made landfall a day earlier, causing record-breaking flooding in the central part of the state and at least one death,

Chantal brought heavy, flooding rain and dangerous beach conditions to the Carolinas over the weekend, setting off dangerous flash flooding Sunday in central parts of North Carolina. Chantal was the first named storm of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season to hit the United States,

The storm flooded roads, downed trees and stranded residents across the central part of the state. It is headed northeast toward Washington, D.C., and Maryland.