Nor'easter without a name to bring ocean flooding and high winds to US East Coast

A storm without a name was expected to bring flooding to the East Coast from South Carolina to New Jersey and high winds to New York City over the holiday weekend.

While the storm affecting the eastern U.S. wasn't tropical, two other tropical storms were churning in the Atlantic Ocean on Friday, including Tropical Storm Jerry that dumped heavy rain on the northern Leeward Islands. There were rescues and one person died after being swept away by water in the French territory of Guadeloupe, officials said.

Two tropical storms were also in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Tropical Storm Priscilla dissipated into a remnant low, but what remained was expected to bring heavy rain from coastal Mexico into the U.S. Southwest through the weekend. Flood watches were issued for parts of Arizona, California and Nevada.

In the U.S., the unnamed storm sent sea water again into Charleston, South Carolina, where three dozen roads were closed as floodwaters reached well above ankles before receding. Friday morning's high tide reached 8.46 feet (2.58 meters) which was the 13th highest in more than a century of recorded data in Charleston Harbor.

Tidal flooding also closed roads for a few hours along the Georgia and Florida coasts.

The persistent, strong winds from the unnamed nor'easter and unusually high king tides, when the moon is closer than usual to the Earth, had forecasters predicting more problems this weekend along the North Carolina Outer Banks, where a series of storms that moved well offshore have destroyed 10 houses in the past month and breached dunes. The pilings of some homes in Buxton were already in the waves before the worst of the storm.

Officials warned highway N.C. 12 on Hatteras and Ocracoke islands would likely have to close again because of ocean overwash.

The worst conditions will spread north this weekend and into the Columbus Day holiday on Monday as the storm moves up from Florida. Forecasters warned people on the shores of Delaware and New Jersey to prepare for major coastal flooding.

A high wind watch was issued for parts of New York City and Long Island where forecasters warned gusts of up to 60 mph (95 kph) were possible Sunday.

Out in the Atlantic, Tropical Storm Jerry was pulling away Friday from the northern Leeward Islands, but heavy rain continued.

In Guadeloupe, searchers found the body of a man inside a car that was swept away by floodwaters after scouring the area by boat, helicopter and two drones. Eight people were rescued on board two boats, the government said.

“Pointe-à-Pitre is badly affected and is struggling to drain this water. Many places are flooded,” Thierry Devimeux, the island’s government leader, told radio station Guadeloupe La 1ère.

Areas of Guadeloupe, Antigua and Barbuda and the Dutch Caribbean territory of Saint Maarten saw as much as 8 inches (20 centimeters) of rain, closing government offices and schools.

Jerry was centered about 750 miles (1,205 kilometers) south of Bermuda and moving north-northwest at 15 mph (24 kph) with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (85 kph).

Way up in the northern Atlantic, Subtropical Storm Karen formed far from land, then lost its subtropical characteristics less than 24 hours later, the hurricane center said.

A subtropical storm tends to have a wide zone of strong winds farther from its center compared to a tropical storm, which generates heavier rains, according to the U.S. National Weather Service.

In the Pacific, tropical storm warnings associated with Tropical Storm Raymond were in effect from Manzanillo to Cabo Corrientes, Mexico; for Las Islas Marias; and for Baja California Sur from Los Barriles to Santa Fe, Mexico.

A couple vehicles had already been swept away by floodwaters in New Mexico late Friday afternoon. In northern Arizona, washes that are normally dry were filled with fast-flowing water.

Raymond was forecast to remain off the southwestern coast of Mexico through Friday before nearing Baja California Sur on Saturday and Sunday.

Raymond was about 145 miles (230 kilometers) west of Manzanillo. It had maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (85 kph) and was moving northwest at 17 mph (28 kph), forecasters said.

Associated Press writer Jacques Billeaud in Phoenix contributed to this report.

Debris washes up onto an old swimming pool as a storm approaches Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, in Buxton, N.C. (AP Photo/Allison Joyce)

Workers put a piling into the ground to reinforce a home at risk of falling into the ocean as a storm approaches Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, in Buxton, N.C. (AP Photo/Allison Joyce)

The lone remains of a home stand in the ocean as a storm approaches Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, in Buxton, N.C. (AP Photo/Allison Joyce)

A worker who is reinforcing a home at risk of falling into the ocean looks out toward the waves as a storm approaches Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, in Buxton, N.C. (AP Photo/Allison Joyce)

Homes at risk of falling into the ocean are visible as a storm approaches Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, in Buxton, N.C. (AP Photo/Allison Joyce)

This satellite image provided by NOAA shows an unnamed Atlantic storm system in the Atlantic on Friday, Oct. 10, 2025. (NOAA via AP)

This satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows Tropical Storm Jerry in the Atlantic Ocean, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025. (NOAA via AP)

This NOAA satellite image taken at 2:12 p.m. EST on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025, shows Tropical Storm Raymond off the western coast of Mexico in the eastern Pacific Ocean. (NOAA via AP)

This NOAA satellite image taken at 2:09 p.m. EST on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025, shows Tropical Storm Priscilla off the western coast of Mexico in the eastern Pacific Ocean. (NOAA via AP)

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Donald Trump is set to meet Thursday at the White House with Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, whose political party is widely considered to have won 2024 elections rejected by then-President Nicolás Maduro before the United States captured him in an audacious military raid this month.

Less than two weeks after U.S. forces seized Maduro and his wife at a heavily guarded compound in Caracas and brought them to New York to stand trial on drug trafficking charges, Trump will host the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Machado, having already dismissed her credibility to run Venezuela and raised doubts about his stated commitment to backing democratic rule in the country.

“She’s a very nice woman,” Trump told Reuters in an interview about Machado. “I’ve seen her on television. I think we’re just going to talk basics.”

The meeting comes as Trump and his top advisers have signaled their willingness to work with acting President Delcy Rodríguez, who was Maduro’s vice president and along with others in the deposed leader's inner circle remain in charge of day-to-day governmental operations.

Rodríguez herself has adopted a less strident position toward Trump and his “America First” policies toward the Western Hemisphere, saying she plans to continue releasing prisoners detained under Maduro — a move reportedly made at the behest of the Trump administration. Venezuela released several Americans this week.

Trump, a Republican, said Wednesday that he had a “great conversation” with Rodríguez, their first since Maduro was ousted.

“We had a call, a long call. We discussed a lot of things,” Trump told reporters. “And I think we’re getting along very well with Venezuela.”

In endorsing Rodríguez, Trump has sidelined Machado, who has long been a face of resistance in Venezuela. She had sought to cultivate relationships with Trump and key advisers like Secretary of State Marco Rubio among the American right wing in a political gamble to ally herself with the U.S. government. She also intends to have a meeting in the Senate on Thursday afternoon.

Despite her alliance with Republicans, Trump was quick to snub her following Maduro’s capture. Just hours afterward, Trump said of Machado that “it would be very tough for her to be the leader. She doesn’t have the support within or the respect within the country. She’s a very nice woman, but she doesn’t have the respect.”

Machado has steered a careful course to avoid offending Trump, notably after winning last year’s Nobel Peace Prize, which Trump coveted. She has since thanked Trump and offered to share the prize with him, a move that has been rejected by the Nobel Institute.

Machado’s whereabouts have been largely unknown since she went into hiding early last year after being briefly detained in Caracas. She briefly reappeared in Oslo, Norway, in December after her daughter received the Nobel Peace Prize on her behalf.

The industrial engineer and daughter of a steel magnate began challenging the ruling party in 2004, when the nongovernmental organization she co-founded, Súmate, promoted a referendum to recall then-President Hugo Chávez. The initiative failed, and Machado and other Súmate executives were charged with conspiracy.

A year later, she drew the anger of Chávez and his allies again for traveling to Washington to meet President George W. Bush. A photo showing her shaking hands with Bush in the Oval Office lives in the collective memory. Chávez considered Bush an adversary.

Almost two decades later, she marshaled millions of Venezuelans to reject Chávez’s successor, Maduro, for another term in the 2024 election. But ruling party-loyal electoral authorities declared him the winner despite ample credible evidence to the contrary. Ensuing anti-government protests ended in a brutal crackdown by state security forces.

Janetsky reported from Mexico City. AP Diplomatic Writer Matthew Lee in Washington contributed to this report.

FILE - Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado gestures to supporters during a protest against President Nicolas Maduro the day before his inauguration for a third term, in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, file)