Wind gusts, rip currents threaten NC coast as Imelda pulls away

WRAL reporter Monica Casey reports live from Carolina Beach on Tuesday morning as Tropical Storm Imelda pulls away from the coast. The coast will deal with rip currents and high surf for the remainder of the week.
Posted 9/30/2025, 9:10:08 AM Updated 9/30/2025, 11:27:08 AM

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>> THANKS, KEN. AND AS WE'VE

SEEN ALL MORNING, TROPICAL

STORM IMELDA BRINGING THAT RAIN

TO PARTS OF NORTH CAROLINA THIS

MORNING AS IT PREPARES TO HEAD

OUT TO SEA. MONICA CASEY IS

TRACKING CONDITIONS IN CARY

BEACH

THIS MORNING. MONICA, YOU'VE

BEEN THERE ALL MORNING LONG.

SOME OF THE MAIN CONCERNS ARE

RIGHT NOW. THE WIND AND THE RIP

CURRENTS THERE.

>> THAT'S RIGHT. RAIN IS REALLY

NOT A PROBLEM HERE RIGHT NOW.

IT IS THE WIND YOU MAY BE ABLE

TO HEAR IN MY MICROPHONE HERE

AND WELL, IT'S NOT SUPER

PLEASANT. YOU CAN SEE THE OCEAN

IS ACTUALLY CALM DOWN A BIT

FROM WHAT WE WERE SEEING

EARLIER THIS MORNING. NOW,

GOVERNOR STEIN DID DECLARE

STATE OF EMERGENCY ON SATURDAY

ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA TO MAKE

SURE ALL ASSETS AT THE STATE'S

DISPOSAL. WE'RE READY TO ASSIST

HERE ALONG THE COAST. HE SAID

IN A PRESS CONFERENCE IN

SOUTHPORT YESTERDAY, HE HAS

ACTIVATED THE STATE EMERGENCY

RESPONSE TEAM, INCLUDING PUBLIC

SAFETY AND TRANSPORTATION.

>> THE STORM WILL LIKELY LINGER

AND HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ON

THE COAST MAY CONTINUE

THROUGHOUT THE END OF THE WEEK.

SO IF YOU'RE VISITING THE

BEACHES, PLEASE STAY OUT OF THE

WATER THIS WEEK.

>> NOW, WHILE I MENTIONED THE

WATER CERTAINLY LOOKS ROSS AND

THE WIND IS GUSTING. IT'S NOT

TERRIBLY UNPLEASANT. I DID SEE

SOMEONE HEAD DOWN TO THE END

OF THE PIER HERE TO DO SOME

FISHING OFF THE END OF THE

PIER. OF COURSE, NO ONE IN THE

WATER RIGHT NOW. DEFINITELY A

GOOD DECISION ON THAT. GOVERNOR

SIGNS SAYING IN THAT PRESS

CONFERENCE YESTERDAY, THEY

WE'RE PREPARED FOR THE WORST,

BUT HOPING FOR THE BEST LIVE IN

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