Tropical Storm Cristobal slammed into the Gulf Coast, bringing heavy rain, powerful winds and flash flooding near New Orleans.
Tropical Storm Cristobal made landfall in southeast Louisiana late on Sunday afternoon, hours after pouring several inches of rain on the New Orleans area, the National Weather Service said.
By Monday morning, Cristobal had weakened from a tropical storm to a tropical depression. But the storm had already brought three to five feet of flooding across the Louisiana coastline, from the mouth of the Mississippi River eastward into Mississippi, said Danielle Manning, a meteorologist from the Weather Service’s Baton Rouge office.
The storm has forced evacuations and killed many people in El Salvador, Guatemala and Mexico.
As of Monday morning, the center of the storm was about 50 miles southeast of Monroe, La., according to the National Hurricane Center. Images posted on social media showed flooded neighborhoods in Mandeville, La., and Slidell, La.
Cristobal was expected to move through southwestern Mississippi and northeastern Louisiana on Monday and through Arkansas and eastern Missouri overnight and into Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service. The weakening storm was expected to reach Wisconsin and the Great Lakes by Wednesday.
Tropical Storm Cristobal made landfall in southeast Louisiana late on Sunday afternoon, hours after pouring several inches of rain on the New Orleans area, the National Weather Service said.
By Monday morning, Cristobal had weakened from a tropical storm to a tropical depression. But the storm had already brought three to five feet of flooding across the Louisiana coastline, from the mouth of the Mississippi River eastward into Mississippi, said Danielle Manning, a meteorologist from the Weather Service’s Baton Rouge office.
The storm has forced evacuations and killed many people in El Salvador, Guatemala and Mexico.
As of Monday morning, the center of the storm was about 50 miles southeast of Monroe, La., according to the National Hurricane Center. Images posted on social media showed flooded neighborhoods in Mandeville, La., and Slidell, La.
Cristobal was expected to move through southwestern Mississippi and northeastern Louisiana on Monday and through Arkansas and eastern Missouri overnight and into Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service. The weakening storm was expected to reach Wisconsin and the Great Lakes by Wednesday.
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