Remnants of Ida to drench the southeastern United States

The National Hurricane Center has issued its last public advisory on Ida, which has now lost all of its tropical characteristics, except for one, heavy rain.  That one characteristic could cause big problems for portions of the Deep South.  The moisture and remant low pressure system from Ida will move east across Alabama, Georgia, and the Carolinas over the next couple of days.

Rain totals could exceed 5 inches in many areas of the southeastern United States over the coming days with increasing beach erosion and coastal flooding concerns along the Carolina coastline.

The remnant low could form another storm off of the Carolina coast by Wednesday and Thursday bringing gale force winds and more rain.