More than 30K out of power as Tropical Storm Ophelia slams Mid-Atlantic with winds, rain

As Tropical Storm Ophelia buffets the mid-Atlantic coast with rain and wind, more than 30,000 people in Virginia and North Carolina are without power, according to PowerOutage.us. The stormmade landfall in North Carolina early Saturday morning and is expected to trek up the coast, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC). “A continued northward motion is expected today, followed by a gradual turn toward the northeast by Sunday,” the NHC said in a public advisory. ‘On the forecast track, the center of Ophelia will soon enter southeastern Virginia this evening,...