MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) - Officials are suggesting tolls could be used to build a $600 million expressway to ease tourist traffic congestion and provide another hurricane escape route in northeast South Carolina.

PAPEETE, Tahiti (AP) - An official in French Polynesia says swelling ocean waters driven by Cyclone Oli have left at least one person dead on the South Pacific archipelago.

MIAMI (AP) - Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center say they will issue storm warnings and watches about half a day sooner than before.

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) - Colorado State University researchers are predicting a more active Atlantic hurricane season next year, with six to eight hurricanes, at least three of them major.

People along the Carolina Coast are taking a wait and see approach with the storm.  It’s not a hurricane and they’re not worried yet.

Some Onslow Co. drivers caught off guard

A rain-soaked Veterans Day across the east, showers continue to swamp parts of the state.
   

Tropical depression Ida is leaving its mark on South Carolina’s Upstate.

Moderate to heavy rain will continue to fall across the Charlotte-region through Wednesday night and rainfall amounts are expected to reach up to five inches by Thursday morning.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The National Weather Service has issued flood watches and warnings for most of North Carolina as the remnants of Hurricane Ida bring heavy rain across the state.

Remnants of Tropical Storm Ida brought rain to Tennessee and that may be what caused a couple rock slides Tuesday.

PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) - The system that was Tropical Storm Ida appears to have left the Gulf Coast largely unscathed.

Tropical Storm Ida made landfall near Mobile Bay, Alabama early Tuesday morning, but the storm has already caused problems along its path.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The Coast Guard says two Chevron Corp. workers have been rescued from an oil rig that was in danger of toppling as Tropical Storm Ida churned up high seas.

PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) - Ida is no longer a hurricane, but it’s still a serious storm and some people along the Gulf Coast aren’t taking chances.