CAROLINA BEACH, NC – A powerful storm system known as Potential Tropical Cyclone Eight moved across the North Carolina coast on Monday, bringing with it torrential rain and strong winds.

According to the National Weather Service, the historic weather event resulted in an astonishing 18 inches of rainfall accumulating in just 12 hours in Carolina Beach, Southport and Boiling Spring Lakes. The extreme precipitationa once-in-a-thousand-year event that led to widespread and damaging flood.

Eitan Feldstein, who sailed from Cape Canaveral to Chesapeake Bay, captured the storm’s intensity on video. Due to the extreme weather conditions, his boat was forced to seek shelter in Carolina Beach.

“We got into this by accident, unfortunately,” Feldstein said. “We left on September 4, fought the weather and just kept going.”

NORTH CAROLINA HIT BY HISTORIC RAIN AS POWERFUL NON-TROPICLICAL STORM MAKES ITS WAY TO COAST

This footage was filmed Monday by Eitan Feldstein, who said he was traveling from Cape Canaveral to the Chesapeake Bay before getting stuck in the storm near Carolina Beach since Sunday.

(Eitan Feldstein via Storyful)

Feldstein said they were the only boat not moored, but he took comfort in the thought that no boat would break loose and crash into the boats.

“The storm was much stronger than we expected,” he added.

A flash flood warning remained in effect for the region until Monday evening, according to the NWS.