Tropical Storm Chantal became the first named storm of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season to hit the United States after it made landfall in South Carolina early Sunday. It isn’t a major threat to land.

Tropical Storm Chantal made landfall near Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, early Sunday — the first storm of hurricane season to make landfall in the United States. As winds gusted to near 50 mph, and 2 inches of rain fell in hours on the north side of town,

A weather system tracking the Southeast U.S. coastline has officially strengthened this Friday into Tropical Depression 3, according to the National Hurricane Center.