![]() ![]() Heavy rains fell as far north as central Alabama, and forecasters said the area could receive as much as 5 inches (120 millimeters) of rain. Double red flags flew in Gulf Shores to warn people to stay out of the waves, yet live video feeds showed a few people still on the beach despite rain showers and high winds.īaldwin and Mobile counties canceled summer classes because of the storm. Police said streets were flooded on the barrier island of Dauphin Island, and the city closed beaches because of dangerously rough surf. "Nobody can cast a shrimp out in this kind of wind." "It's pretty quiet," Caldemeyer said in a telephone interview from Rough Water Bait and Tackle. If only there were more customers, she said. Some roads were covered with water in the seafood village of Bayou La Batre, but Becca Caldemeyer still managed to get to her bait shop at the city dock. Heavy rains from Tropical Storm Cindy have caused flooding in low-lying areas along the Alabama coast. Many homes in the county are elevated on stilts. Adam says it happens five to 10 times a year.Īdam says he's received no reports of flooded homes. The county faces frequent tidal flooding. The low-lying southern half of the county is interlaced with inlets, bayous, rivers and canals. Louis is in Hancock County, where Emergency Management Director Brian Adam says officials counted 355 roads with standing water early Wednesday. Louis, Mississippi and 5 feet (1.5 meters) above normal farther southwest, at Shell Beach, on Louisiana's coast.īay St. Tides on Wednesday morning were 4 feet (1.2 meters) above normal in Bay St. Tropical Storm Cindy is pumping seawater into an area of the Mississippi-Louisiana coast that's vulnerable to storm tide flooding. And Plaquemines Parish on the southeast Louisiana coast declared an emergency at midday.Ĭindy was expected to make landfall near the Louisiana-Texas state line Thursday. Edwards declared a state of emergency early Wednesday. And authorities said dangers from flash floods, severe storms and possible tornadoes remained a danger. Strong rain bands from Cindy continued to sweep across the Gulf Coast. But, at a news conference, Edwards noted that two unnamed storms slammed Louisiana last year with heavy flood devastation. John Bel Edwards is urging his state's residents to take Tropical Storm Cindy seriously.Īs of midday Wednesday, there were no reports of serious home or business flooding in Louisiana. Heavy rains associated with the storm are raising the possibility of life-threatening flash floods over a wide area of the coast. They add that little change in strength is expected before landfall but that it will weekend once it moves inland on Thursday. Its sustained winds continue to top out at 50 mph (85 kph) and it's moving closer to the coast at a rate of 9 mph (14 kph).įorecasters say the storm is nearing the coast along a stretch between southeast Texas and southwestern Louisiana. CDT Wednesday that the storm was centered about 170 miles (270 kilometers) southwest of Morgan City, Louisiana - or roughly the same distance southeast of Galveston, Texas. The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Cindy is heading toward the northern Gulf coast, where it is expected to make landfall in the coming hours. The Latest on Tropical Storm Cindy (all times local):
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