Tropical storm Claudette to strengthen again into a tropical storm by early Monday

Emergency personnel work at the accident site as smoke rises from the wreckage after about 18 vehicles slammed together on a rain-drenched Alabama highway during Tropical Storm Claudette, in Butler County, Alabama, US, on June 19, 2021.
Image: RICKY SCOTT via REUTERS

Tropical depression Claudette has strengthened a little and is expected to become a tropical storm again by early Monday over eastern North Carolina, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Sunday.

The system is located 240km west-northwest of Cape Fear, North Carolina, packing maximum sustained winds of 55km/h the NHC added.

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Nine children, one adult killed in Alabama highway crash

Nine children and a young father were killed in a pileup of about 18 vehicles on a rain-drenched Alabama highway during Tropical Storm Claudette.

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