Forecast maps from the National Weather Service ... as well as North Carolina and the southern Mid-Atlantic states, should closely monitor updates in the coming days," the NWS said.

Heavy rainfall and conditions for flooding is expected to continue in multiple states along the East ... will continue to spread along the southern Atlantic coast from South Carolina to North ...

and the southern states in the region are considered Middle Atlantic. The Middle Atlantic division consists of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. THE MIDWEST The next Census region is the ...