Tropical Storm Beryl could snarl holiday traffic
By RUSS BYNUMBy RUSS BYNUM, Associated Press?
?In an image provided by the National Oceanic and Geographic Authority, shows s GOES satellite image of Tropical Storm Beryl as it makes landfall in Florida early Sunday May 28, 2011. The storm made landfall in northeastern Florida, bringing drenching rains and driving winds to the southeastern U.S. coast, forecasters said. (AP Photo/NOAA)
In an image provided by the National Oceanic and Geographic Authority, shows s GOES satellite image of Tropical Storm Beryl as it makes landfall in Florida early Sunday May 28, 2011. The storm made landfall in northeastern Florida, bringing drenching rains and driving winds to the southeastern U.S. coast, forecasters said. (AP Photo/NOAA)
Memorial Day vacationers pack Wrightsville Beach coastline as red flags fly above their life guard stands warning swimmers of dangerous conditions and rip currents due to sub-tropical storm Beryl that is moving up the Eastern coast Sunday May 27, 2012, in Wilmington, N.C. (AP Photo/The Star-News, Jeff Janowski)
Joel Izaguirre, left, and Dorian Hernandez of Dunn ride some heavy surf at Carolina Beach, N.C. Saturday, May 26, 2012. Strong rip currents created dangerous swimming conditions and prompted Carolina Beach Ocean Rescue to close the beach to swimming and not allow people in past their knees. (AP Photo/The Star-News,Matt Born )
Artist Jason Wright grabs his tent as winds proceeding Tropical Storm Beryl started to whip through 5 Points lifting the tents of the vendors, Saturday, May 26, 2012 in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/The Florida Times-Union, Bruce Lipsky)
Carolina Beach Ocean Rescue squad leader Evan Anderson places a sign in the sand closing the beach to swimming Saturday, May 26, 2012 at Carolina Beach, N.C. Strong rip currents created dangerous swimming conditions and prompted Carolina Beach Ocean Rescue to close the beach to swimming and not allow people in past their knees. (AP Photo/The Star-News,Matt Born )
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) ? Drenching rains from Tropical Storm Beryl are bringing a soggy Memorial Day to the southeastern U.S. coast, though one Georgia official says he expects the rainfall to be largely beneficial.
Ray Parker is the emergency management chief for McIntosh County on the Georgia coast. He said Monday that the 1 to 2 inches of rain that fell in his area overnight had been absorbed like it "fell on an empty sponge."
Parker says his county south of Savannah saw minimal damage as Beryl came ashore in northern Florida early Monday. Most came from scattered power outages caused by falling tree limbs. He says two homes had trees fall on them.
Beryl was forecast to weaken as it hovered near the Georgia-Florida line.
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