Bertha became a tropical storm and made landfall in less than two hours - CNN

According to the National Hurricane Center, Bertha has made landfall along the coast of South Carolina approximately 20 miles east of Charleston.

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The storm made landfall less than two hours after the National Hurricane Center named it Bertha.

Bertha's maximum sustained winds at landfall were 50 mph, up slightly from when it was named an hour before.

"The center of the circulation at 8 a.m.