Claudette regained tropical storm status Monday morning as it approached the coasts of South and North Carolina less than two days after 13 people died in the storm in the southern state of Alabama. The storm had maximum sustained winds of 65 kilometers per hour, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said. It was located 100 kilometers east-southeast of Raleigh, North Carolina and was moving east-northeast at 41 kph, forecasters said. The storm was expected to move into the Atlantic Ocean later in the morning before traveling near or south of Nova Scotia, Canada on Tuesday. A tropical storm warning was in effect for most of the coast of North Carolina. "An isolated tornado is possible early this morning over parts of the Outer Banks," said the NHS' Brad Reinhart. "By afternoon, we expect the system to be well offshore." About 3 to 5 centimeters of rain was expected in South and North Carolina before Claudette moves out to sea. Eight children died Saturday in Alabama when their van erupted in flames in an accident along a wet highway about 55 kilometers south of Montgomery. The crash also killed two other people in a separate vehicle, including a baby. Multiple people also were injured.