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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. Average years between direct hurricane hits. Gulf Coast, bringing heavy rains and flooding to coastal states including Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. How often this area gets affected brushed or hit every 2.11 years. He had 170 reservations on his books for Sunday, but was concerned some patrons would cancel. Tropical Storm Claudette has formed Saturday morning along the U.S. “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. The storm struck on a weekend when many on the Gulf Coast planned to celebrate Juneteenth and Father’s Day.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. The website reported roughly 13,000 outages total across Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. Most people riding out the storm still had electricity when they woke Saturday morning. “…We had to rescue multiple people from their flooded cars, along with a woman, who was on her way to the hospital, possibly going into labor.” “A few low lying areas are still inundated with water and cannot be reached” with regular vehicles, Slidell police said in a Facebook post. Slidell police said the flooding had largely receded by daybreak, after swamping as many as 50 cars and trucks with water.
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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.
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“We’ve got little squalls running through.