Several rivers across North Carolina remain flooded on Thursday, including one river that was measured at 45 feet, amid torrential rains that have battered the East Coast for days. The flooding threat across the region could persist into the weekend as slow-moving thunderstorms continue to dump rain on the region,

However, locally higher amounts of rainfall, between 2 inches and more than 5 inches, could be possible anywhere in central North Carolina. Areas including and west of Alamance, Chatham, Lee, Moore, and Hoke counties have a slightly greater chance of receiving that higher precipitation.

Thunderstorms were moving across the area into the evening hours. A Flood Watch is in effect through Friday morning as some areas could receive 1-3" of rain. Johnston County is under a Flood Warning through 1:15 a.m. Saturday.

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A Flash Flood Warning has been issued for a large part of Massachusetts until 9 a.m. According to the National Weather Service, there could be flash flooding in Boston, Brockton, Quincy, Newton, Brookline,

At 3:47 p.m. on Thursday, the NWS Newport/Morehead City NC released a flash flood warning in effect until 7 p.m. for Dare County.