Separately, Tropical Storm Dolores made landfall on Mexico’s west coast with near-hurricane force. RELATED: UN: World must tackle climate change, extinction crisis together Later, the storm was drenching the Florida Panhandle and, well inland, a broad expanse of Alabama.įorecasters said the system could dump 5 to 10 inches (12 to 25 centimeters) of rain in the region, with isolated accumulations of 15 inches (38 centimeters) possible. The storm also dumped flooding rains north of Lake Pontchartrain in Louisiana and along the Mississippi coast, inundating streets and, in some areas, pushing water into homes. There were no immediate reports of serious injuries or deaths.ĭamage from the storm was also felt in north Florida, where winds - in some cases reaching 85 mph (137 kph) - caused an 18-wheeler to flip on its side. "But with those mobile homes being built so close together it can take a toll on them a lot more than it can on houses that are spread apart." "It kind of affected everybody," Jackson said. Most of the damage was done in or near the towns of Brewton and East Brewton, about 48 miles (77 kilometers) north of Pensacola, Florida. Sheriff Heath Jackson in Escambia County said a suspected tornado "pretty much leveled" a mobile home park, toppled trees onto houses and ripped the roof off of a high school gym. Shortly after landfall, a suspected tornado spurred by the storm demolished or badly damaged at least 50 homes in a small town in Alabama, just north of the Florida border. A tropical storm watch was issued South Santee River, South Carolina, to the Little River Inlet, forecasters said.Ĭlaudette was expected to cross into the Atlantic Ocean on Monday, and regain tropical storm strength over eastern North Carolina.Ĭlaudette was declared organized enough to qualify as a named tropical storm early Saturday morning, well after the storm’s center of circulation had come ashore southwest of New Orleans. It was moving east-northeast at 13 mph (20 kph), the National Hurricane Center said in advisory Sunday morning.Ī tropical storm warning was in effect in North Carolina from the Little River Inlet to the town of Duck on the Outer Banks. The system was located about 85 miles (135 kilometers) west-southwest of Atlanta, with sustained winds of 30 mph (45 kph). The rapidly changing conditions came as Claudette was beginning to batter parts of Georgia and the Carolinas early Sunday. RELATED: Heat wave 2021: Dangerous temperatures, drought impact western US
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