Tropical Storm Chantal has been downgraded to a tropical depression but is raising concerns of flash flooding in central North Carolina and south-central Virginia.

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

Tropical Storm Chantal made landfall near Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, early Sunday — the first storm of hurricane season to make landfall in the United States. As winds gusted to near 50 mph, and 2 inches of rain fell in hours on the north side of town,