MIAMI: Tropical
Storm Danny formed Monday afternoon off
South Carolina
's coast, and forecasters said the storm is expected to race inland over the US Southeast while dumping several inches of rain in some spots.
The fourth named storm of the 2021
Atlantic
hurricane season formed close to South Carolina's coast and had top sustained winds of 40 mph (65kph) with higher guests at midafternoon.
The
National Hurricane Center in Miami said the storm was located at 3 pm about 60 miles (95 kilometers) east-southeast of Beaufort, South Carolina. The storm was headed to the west-northwest at 16 mph (26 kph) and was expected to dump several inches of rain on some parts of South Carolina and Georgia on its trek inland.
Danny emerged from a tropical depression off the coast, and forecasters said rapid weakening is expected after landfall.
A tropical storm warning was posted earlier Monday for a swath of the Southeast coast from Edisto Beach to South Santee River, South Carolina.
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