October 01, 2010
By: Jana Bell
A low-pressure system combined unexpectedly with the remains of Tropical Storm Nicole this week, causing a large storm system to begin making its way up the American eastern seaboard, according to the Associated Press.
Travel was among the many sectors affected in the vulnerable areas - mostly the mid-Atlantic region - and the news agency reported that there were a number of bus accidents which caused dozens of injuries.
However, flooding was the central concern of home insurance customers and others in the path of the storm, and Carolina Beach, North Carolina resident Jackie Woody - who had a half-inch of water on the floor of his home - told the AP that the flooding was "the worst it's been in years."
The news agency, however, does say that the massive rainfall was likely to be seen as good news to many farmers in the eastern U.S., who have been enduring a relatively dry summer. Erin Bickford of Abenaki Springs Farm in New Hampshire told the AP that she was pleased to see the heavy rains fall on her vegetable fields.
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