RELATED: Claudette moves through coastal states with life-threatening flash floodingA tropical storm warning was in effect in North Carolina from the Little River Inlet to the town of Duck on the Outer Banks.
A tropical storm watch was issued South Santee River, South Carolina, to the Little River Inlet, forecasters said.Top winds remained near 30 mph (45 kph) National Hurricane Center forecasters predicted Claudette would strengthen back to tropical storm status Monday over eastern North Carolina as it went out to sea in the Atlantic Ocean.Flash flood watches on Sunday were posted for northern Georgia, most of South Carolina, the North Carolina coast and parts of southeast Alabama and the Florida Panhandle.More than 20 people were rescued.