UPDATE: Two people are now dead and 20 are missing in North Carolina after Tropical Storm Fred causes severe flooding in North Carolina. The remnants of Tropical Storm Fred were soaking the Northeast on Thursday as Southern states assessed the damage from severe flooding, which in North Carolina had left 35 people missing. Gov. Roy Cooper declared a state of emergency as Western North Carolina saw intense flooding, with nearly 100 people having been rescued, after Fred drenched the state as a tropical depression earlier in the week. On Thursday, Fred could bring up to 5 inches of rain from New York across New England, according to the National Hurricane Center. Flash flood watches were in effect for much of New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and parts of Maine. The Hurricane Center also warned a tornado was possible, and the National Weather Service issued tornado warnings across several New York counties throughout the Hudson Valley early Thursday. #TropicalStormFred #storms #weather #hurricanes #hurricaneseason