Stay tuned to the latest on the tropics on /tropics and on CBS4 with your Storm Team. That included Tropical Storm Cristobal that opened the season last June, hurricanes Laura and Delta that devastated southwest Louisiana, and Hurricane Zeta that downed trees and knocked out power for days in New Orleans in October. In Louisiana, the threat came a month after spring storms and flooding that were blamed for five deaths, and as parts of the state continued a slow recovery from a brutal 2020 hurricane season. "We saw, especially last year, the rug can get jerked out from under you pretty quickly," he said.
He had 170 reservations on his books for Sunday, but was concerned some patrons would cancel.
"My biggest concern is that it drives away a busy weekend, and may just end up being a lot of rain," Austin Sumrall, the owner and chef at the White Pillars Restaurant and Lounge in Biloxi, Mississippi, said Friday. Tropical Storm conditions are expected to develop along the coastal regions of the Carolinas before the storm moves into the Atlantic. Slidell police said the flooding had largely receded by daybreak, after swamping as many as 50 cars and trucks with water.īusiness owners across the Gulf Coast, from restaurateurs to swamp boat operators, had anticipated an influx of tourist cash after a year of lost revenue due to the coronavirus pandemic. Claudette, which has regained Tropical Storm status, is expected to slowly strengthen over the Carolinas as it approaches the Northeast from the west. Residents of Slidell, Louisiana, reported flooded streets and water in some neighborhoods as the storm pushed onshore overnight. "Just a lot of water on the roads."įorecasters said Claudette could dump 5 to 10 inches (12 to 25 centimeters) of rain in the region, with isolated accumulations of 15 inches (38 centimeters) possible. It'll rain really really hard for a few minutes and slack up for a few minutes," Brannan said early Saturday. "We've got little squalls running through. He said there were no reports of injuries. In Mobile County, Alabama, someone reported storm damage to a fishing pier on Dauphin Island, Alabama, said Glen Brannan of the county Emergency Management Agency. Tornado warnings were issued from the Mississippi coast to the western Florida panhandle. The heaviest rains were far from the center, near the Mississippi-Alabama state line. It was north of the city three hours later, with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph (72 kph) as the storm plodded to the northeast at 12 mph (19 kph). Saturday, well after the storm's center of circulation had come ashore southwest of New Orleans. The National Hurricane Center declared Claudette organized enough to qualify as a named storm at 4 a.m.