A mother in Slidell, Louisiana was in disbelief and didn't know whether to laugh or cry after Tropical Storm Claudette flooded her home. "This is a nightmare."After dumping flooding rains north of Lake Pontchartrain in Louisiana and along the Mississippi coast, the storm was inundating the Florida panhandle and, well inland, a broad expanse of Alabama. The National Weather Service issued a series of possible tornado warnings Saturday morning in north Florida and south Alabama. EMA officials confirmed a tornado touched down in Brewton, Ala., damaging dozens of homes and injuring three people.As of 4 p.m. Saturday, Claudette had weakened to a tropical depression with winds near 35 mph. The storm is forecast to move farther inland across portions of the Southeast through Sunday night. The National Hurricane Center said as the system continues to lift northeast through the weekend, heavy rain will occur across central Alabama, resulting in rainfall totals of three to six inches with isolated maximum amounts of eight inches.
SLIDELL, La. — A mother in Slidell, Louisiana was in disbelief and didn't know whether to laugh or cry after Tropical Storm Claudette flooded her home. "This is a nightmare."
After dumping flooding rains north of Lake Pontchartrain in Louisiana and along the Mississippi coast, the storm was inundating the Florida panhandle and, well inland, a broad expanse of Alabama.
The National Weather Service issued a series of possible tornado warnings Saturday morning in north Florida and south Alabama. EMA officials confirmed a tornado touched down in Brewton, Ala., damaging dozens of homes and injuring three people.
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As of 4 p.m. Saturday, Claudette had weakened to a tropical depression with winds near 35 mph. The storm is forecast to move farther inland across portions of the Southeast through Sunday night.
The National Hurricane Center said as the system continues to lift northeast through the weekend, heavy rain will occur across central Alabama, resulting in rainfall totals of three to six inches with isolated maximum amounts of eight inches.