Hurricane Ophelia 2023: Everything You Need to Know About the Storm That Hit the East Coast - webstories

Hurricane Ophelia 2023: Everything You Need to Know About the Storm That Hit the East Coast

Ophelia is a tropical storm that hit the North Carolina coast on Saturday with strong winds and water surges.

Ophelia was moving north with 70 mph (110 kph) winds and was expected to bring heavy rain to the mid-Atlantic region.

Ophelia triggered a hurricane watch, a state of emergency, and storm surge warnings for parts of eastern North Carolina and the Chesapeake Bay.

Ophelia increased the risk of flash flooding for eastern North Carolina and southeastern Virginia.

Ophelia caused some schools and events to close or cancel, and the Nationals baseball team to postpone its game.

Ophelia was an expansive storm with tropical-storm-force winds that extended more than 300 miles (480 kilometers).

Ophelia was the 15th named storm of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season.

Ophelia was named after a character from Shakespeare’s play Hamlet.