PENSACOLA, Fla.—Rescuers on the Gulf Coast used high-water vehicles Thursday to reach people cut off by floodwaters in the aftermath of Hurricane Sally, even as a second round of flooding began taking shape along rivers and creeks swollen by the storm’s heavy rains. Across southern Alabama and the Florida Panhandle, homeowners and businesses began cleaning […]
President Donald Trump says he ‘downplayed’ the urge to panic while stepping up his response to the outbreak in China, Hurricane Sally is slowly creeping towards Alabama, and the FBI says a suspect has been detained after a drive-by shooting put a federal officer in the hospital.
Hurricane Sally formed Monday morning and appeared to shift east, placing Mississippi’s and Alabama’s entire coasts under a hurricane warning while veering away from Louisiana, where the southwest coast is still recovering from Hurricane Laura. Sally is threatening to make landfall Tuesday as a Category 2 storm. Data from a hurricane hunter aircraft shows the […]
Hurricane and tropical storm warnings are in effect along the Gulf Coast on Monday morning as Tropical Storm Sally, which is expected to strengthen into a hurricane, approaches. Mandatory evacuation orders were issued in Lousiana for Orleans Parish, Jefferson Parish, Plaquemines Parish, St. Charles Parish, St. John the Baptist Parish, and Hancock County in Mississippi. The U.S. National Hurricane […]
Tropical Storm Sally is now the 18th named storm of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season. Sally—also the earliest 18th named storm on record—has already brought heavy rain and gusty winds to Florida Saturday as the storm moved into the Gulf of Mexico today. Flood watches are in effect through Sunday for areas of Florida’s west […]
