Tropical Depression Fred threatens mudslides in New York

By BRYAN ANDERSON
Associated Press

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Tropical Depression Fred has blown into the northeastern U.S. as a post-tropical cyclone, unleashing heavy rains and threatening mudslides and flash floods in upstate New York. Fred closed interstate highways in the lower Appalachians, and the National Weather Service says tornadoes are still possible as the storm moves northeast. As many as 14 possible tornadoes were reported across Georgia and the Carolinas. About 25,000 customers are without power, most of them in West Virginia and North Carolina, where steady downpours swelled waterways and washed rocks and mud onto highways. Meanwhile, Grace has become a hurricane near the Cayman Islands and is moving toward Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula.