Storm eases in Southeast, search on for flood victims in Central U.S.

[WorldNews]

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By Harriet McLeod CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - Stormy weather in the Southeast and Central United States subsided on Sunday as Tropical Storm Bonnie was downgraded to a tropical depression and searches were under way in Texas and Kansas for three people swept away by floods. Bonnie came ashore just northeast of Charleston, South Carolina, on Sunday morning, bringing heavy rains, minor flooding and sustained winds of about 30 miles per hour. The system, the first tropical storm to reach the United States this year, dumped 3 to 4 inches of rain in many parts of South Carolina and triggered flooding in low-lying areas and streets at high tides, weather forecasters said.

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