(The Center Square) – Four deaths and four tornadoes in North Carolina are attributed to Chantal, the tropical storm that swept in Sunday and by Monday evening had scooted off the New Jersey coast.
The State Highway Patrol confirmed the death of an 83-year-old Chatham County woman in Chapel Hill; the Orange County Sheriff’s Office confirmed the death of a 58-year-old Person County woman in Cedar Grove; and a spokesman for Alamance County confirmed the death of a man in Mebane.
The bodies of each were found in vehicles trying to travel during or after the storm.
Two people boating on Jordan Lake in Chatham County went missing Sunday evening. One body was found on Monday. The search was suspended in the evening and resumed Tuesday morning.
The state Department of Health and Human Services, in an email to The Center Square, could not verify any deaths and referred requests to local lawmen.
Tornadoes have been confirmed by the National Weather Service in Lee, Chatham, Alamance and Orange counties.
At 10 a.m. Tuesday, the state Department of Transportation reported road closures were down to 66. One is a federal highway, three are state roads and 62 are secondary roads.
