A potential tropical system brought heavy rain to North Carolina and Tropical Depression Gordo could re-intensify into a tropical storm this week.

Atlantic has flooded the Carolinas with "historic" rains, inundating homes, stranding vehicles and prompting water rescues.The big picture: Flash flood and tropical storm warnings were in effect for portions of North and South Carolina Monday into Tuesday due to the unnamed system that the National Hurricane Center referred to as Potential Tropical Cyclone 8,

The National Hurricane Center issued tropical storm warnings for much of South and North Carolina late Sunday.

Stunned island residents and visitors posted videos and photos on social media showing cars, garages, patios and picket fences covered in floodwaters.

The potential cyclone, which could become Tropical Storm Helene, is expected to move from the Atlantic Ocean and make landfall in South Carolina before moving through the Midlands and continuing inland as it heads north, National Weather Service meteorologists said in a Monday morning briefing.

Tropical Storm Eight, which may be named Helene some time today, will move ashore today near Myrtle Beach, S.C., and then move northwest and diminish in intensity. The persistent onshore winds will cause rough surf, rip currents and beach erosion for coastal areas through mid-week.

Significant rainfall is likely today through Wednesday night as a strong low pressure system tracks into eastern Montana. Most areas can expect rainfall totals between 1 and 2 inches

Storm chaser Aaron Jayjack, who witnessed a bridge collapse underneath an SUV and found himself stuck in a North Carolina town cut off by flooding, breaks down his experience of the Sept. 16 tropical