Tropical Storm Claudette battered the southeastern United States, bringing heavy rain to Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. The storm turned inland on Saturday, bringing flooding and the threat of hurricanes.
Claudette was classified as a storm in the early hours of Saturday, long after it hit shore southwest of New Orleans, 3 hours later, it was north of the city with maximum winds of 45 mph and speeds of 12 mph, according to the report. For Fox News.
poweroutage.us reported that nearly 13,000 homes and businesses lost power across Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama on Saturday.
In Slidell, Louisiana, streets were inundated, with up to 50 cars and trucks inundated. Police said on Facebook: "Some low-lying areas are still underwater and inaccessible.
"We had to rescue several people from their flooded cars, as well as a woman who was on her way to the hospital, who is likely to go into labour," she added.
In Mobile County, Alabama, Glenn Brannan of the county emergency management agency said a fishing pier on Dauphin Island was damaged, but no injuries were reported.
Forecasters say Claudette will weaken into a tropical depression by early Sunday as it crosses Alabama into Georgia and the Carolinas and will move into the Atlantic from North Carolina on Monday, restoring tropical storm strength over the ocean on Tuesday.
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