Several rivers across North Carolina remain flooded on Thursday, including one river that was measured at 45 feet, amid torrential rains that have battered the East Coast for days. The flooding threat across the region could persist into the weekend as slow-moving thunderstorms continue to dump rain on the region,

A ridge of high pressure in the Atlantic Ocean will keep North Carolina under a heat dome of low 90s with heat indices climbing into the triple digits through Monday. Each day through next week brings a chance of rain and thunderstorms for the afternoons.

A report from the NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC was issued on Friday at 2:58 p.m. for strong thunderstorms until 3:30 p.m. The alert is for McDowell Mountains as well as Avery and Mitchell counties.

A week of heavy rain and severe storms continues tonight in much of the Carolinas. Tropical Storm Chantal was the third named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, damaging much of central North Carolina and leaving many without clean drinking water.

Tropical Storm Chantal dumped as much as a foot of rain across portions of central North Carolina Sunday into early Monday morning.

The NWS Wilmington NC issued a weather alert at 8:33 p.m. on Thursday for strong thunderstorms until 9:15 p.m. The alert is for Inland Brunswick and Coastal Brunswick as well as Columbus County.

More than 5 million people are under flood alerts in North Carolina and Virginia Sunday with nearly 2 million of them being under Flash Flood Warnings as Chantal makes landfall.

Governor Stein surveyed storm damage in NC and thanked first responders, as efforts to restore utilities and roads continue post-storm.