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Post-Tropical Cyclone Bonnie Continues To Dump Heavy Rainfall

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MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Post-Tropical Cyclone Bonnie continues to dump lots of rain on the eastern Carolinas and portions of the mid-Atlantic.

At 11 p.m., the system was located at about 50 miles west-southwest of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina and 39 miles north-northeast of Charleston, South Carolina.

Maximum sustained winds were 15 mph with higher gusts.

Bonnie is expected to continue slowly drifting toward the north and northeast over the next 36 hours, and increase in speed somewhat by Wednesday.

The system is expected to produce additional rainfall totals of 1 to 2 inches, with isolated maximum amounts near 4 inches, across northeast South Carolina, eastern North Carolina and far southeast Virginia through Thursday.

Total rainfall of more than 8 inches has already occurred over large portions of south-central South Carolina.

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