Arthur rains on Mickey’s parade
The first hurricane of the season is disrupting Independence Day holiday plans on the US east coast.
Millions of people from Daytona Beach, Florida, to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; Cape Hatteras, North Carolina; Virginia Beach, Virginia; Wildwood, New Jersey; the Hamptons, New York; and Cape Cod, Massachusetts, will be impacted on their July 4 vacation.
Accuweather reports thunderstorms will linger into the evening around Florida, affecting planned firework events at attractions including Walt Disney World.
There are warnings the category 2 storm will cause power cuts and flash flooding in Long Island to southern New England beaches.
Lisa
Lisa joined Travel Weekly nearly 25 years ago as technology reporter and then sailed around the world for a couple of years as cruise correspondent, before becoming deputy editor. Now freelance, Lisa writes for various print and web publications, edits Corporate Traveller’s client magazine, Gateway, and works on the acclaimed Remembering Wildlife series of photography books, which raise awareness of nature’s most at-risk species and helps to fund their protection.
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