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mfcorey1

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Wed May 27, 2020, 12:06 PM May 2020

This one sneaked in: BREAKING: Tropical Storm Bertha makes landfall in S.C.

Tropical Storm Bertha made landfall Wednesday near Charleston, South Carolina, less than two hours after becoming a named storm, according to the National Hurricane Center.


Bertha is the second named tropical storm of the 2020 hurricane season, following Tropical Storm Arthur, which brushed the coast of North Carolina two weekends ago then veered into the Atlantic.» RELATED: Busy hurricane season on the horizon as coronavirus grips nationBertha began as a disturbance that developed over Florida during the holiday weekend. It then quickly churned its way up the coast, where it gained enough strength to become a named storm by early Wednesday.

Bertha had sustained winds of about 50 mph when it came ashore about 20 miles east of Charleston, according to CNN.

https://www.ajc.com/news/breaking-tropical-storm-bertha-makes-landfall/Tm721NdEFHqiIXsfu0svYL/

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This one sneaked in: BREAKING: Tropical Storm Bertha makes landfall in S.C. (Original Post) mfcorey1 May 2020 OP
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