Chantal caused flooding in parts of the Triangle. Here are photos of the aftermath
By Travis Long and
Grace Richards
Hours of heavy rain from Chantal Sunday and into Monday caused major flooding, especially along creeks and rivers in Orange, Durham and Chatham counties.
Authorities report evacuations and water rescues along the Eno and Haw Rivers, with at least 80 rescues in a townhome community in Durham.
Multiple homes and businesses were flooded in Chapel Hill and Pittsboro.
Here are photos and video of the aftermath. Check back for updates.
Jennifer Lyles, 46, is overwhelmed as she sits in the living room of her Rippling Streams Townhome in the Old Farm neighborhood along the Eno River in Durham on Monday morning, July 7, 2025, after flash flooding caused by Tropical Storm Chantal. Lyles said she was awakened by firefighters in a boat around 2:30 a.m. Travis Long tlong@newsobserver.com
A water rescue unit paddles a raft in the Old Farm neighborhood along the Eno River in Durham on Monday morning, July 7, 2025, after Tropical Storm Chantal caused flash flooding. Travis Long tlong@newsobserver.com
A water rescue unit paddles a raft in the Old Farm neighborhood along the Eno River in Durham on Monday morning, July 7, 2025, after Tropical Storm Chantal caused flash flooding. Travis Long tlong@newsobserver.com
A water rescue unit paddles a raft in the Old Farm neighborhood along the Eno River in Durham on Monday morning, July 7, 2025, after Tropical Storm Chantal caused flash flooding. Travis Long tlong@newsobserver.com
A water rescue unit paddles a raft in the Old Farm neighborhood along the Eno River in Durham on Monday morning, July 7, 2025, after Tropical Storm Chantal caused flash flooding. Travis Long tlong@newsobserver.com
A water rescue unit checks for gas leaks in the Old Farm neighborhood along the Eno River in Durham on Monday morning, July 7, 2025, after Tropical Storm Chantal caused flash flooding. Travis Long tlong@newsobserver.com
A water rescue unit checks for gas leaks in the Old Farm neighborhood along the Eno River in Durham on Monday morning, July 7, 2025, after Tropical Storm Chantal caused flash flooding. Travis Long tlong@newsobserver.com
A water rescue unit with the Durham Fire Department knocks on doors at Rippling Streams Townhomes in the Old Farm neighborhood along the Eno River in Durham on Monday morning, July 7, 2025, after flash flooding caused by Tropical Storm Chantal. Travis Long tlong@newsobserver.com
A water rescue unit with the Durham Fire Department knocks on doors at Rippling Streams Townhomes in the Old Farm neighborhood along the Eno River in Durham on Monday morning, July 7, 2025, after flash flooding caused by Tropical Storm Chantal. Travis Long tlong@newsobserver.com
A water rescue unit with the Durham Fire Department knocks on doors at Rippling Streams Townhomes in the Old Farm neighborhood along the Eno River in Durham on Monday morning, July 7, 2025, after flash flooding caused by Tropical Storm Chantal. Travis Long tlong@newsobserver.com
A water rescue unit with the Durham Fire Department knocks on doors at Rippling Streams Townhomes in the Old Farm neighborhood along the Eno River in Durham on Monday morning, July 7, 2025, after flash flooding caused by Tropical Storm Chantal. Travis Long tlong@newsobserver.com
A water rescue unit with the Durham Fire Department knocks on doors at Rippling Streams Townhomes in the Old Farm neighborhood along the Eno River in Durham on Monday morning, July 7, 2025, after flash flooding caused by Tropical Storm Chantal. Travis Long tlong@newsobserver.com
Ahmed Abdelnasser of Durham’s Old Farm neighborhood asses flood damage near his home near the Eno River in Durham on Monday morning, July 7, 2025 after Tropical Storm Chantal’s rains caused flash flooding. Travis Long tlong@newsobserver.com
Residents assess flooding in the Old Farm neighborhood along the Eno River in Durham on Monday morning, July 7, 2025, after flash flooding caused by Tropical Storm Chantal. Travis Long tlong@newsobserver.com
Residents walk with their belongings at Rippling Streams Townhomes in the Old Farm neighborhood along the Eno River in Durham on Monday morning, July 7, 2025, after flash flooding caused by Tropical Storm Chantal. Travis Long tlong@newsobserver.com
A water rescue unit paddles a raft in the Old Farm neighborhood along the Eno River in Durham on Monday morning, July 7, 2025, after Tropical Storm Chantal caused flash flooding. Travis Long tlong@newsobserver.com
Debris lie by an apartment complex in Chapel Hill, N.C. on Monday, July 7, 2025 after Tropical Storm Chantal brought rain and flooding the previous day. The flooding set cars, metal dumpsters and other debris afloat the night of July 6, 2025. Grace Richards grichards@newsobserver.com
A laundromat patron wades through fast moving water that flooded Pittsboro Elementary School Road, engulfing the Laundry Land laundromat and the Leveled Up barbershop as Tropical Storm Chantal moved across the Triangle causing flash flooding on Sunday, July 6, 2025 in Pittsboro, N.C. Robert Willett rwillett@newsobserver.com
This story was originally published July 7, 2025 at 10:24 AM.
