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At least six deaths have been linked to Isaias after it made landfall as a hurricane in North Carolina and then sped north, lashing areas in its path with heavy rain and high winds that caused flooding and prompted rescues, officials said.
The storm-related deaths occurred in North Carolina, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania and New York City.
By 11 pm Tuesday, what had been Tropical Storm Isaias had weakened to a post-tropical cyclone as it moved into southeastern Canada, the National Hurricane Center said, but tropical storm conditions were expected to continue along with parts of the New England coast for an hour or two. A tropical storm warning was in effect from the Merrimack River in Massachusetts to Stonington, Maine.
After bringing soaking rains and high winds to the Caribbean, Isaias made landfall near Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina, late Monday as a Category 1 hurricane with 85 mph winds. It then weakened to a tropical storm with heavy rain and high winds as it made its way north.
The storm knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of people in its path.
(Source: NBC News)
