A storm causing heavy rain and coastal flooding in the southern state of Louisiana is expected to weaken into a tropical depression in “the next several hours,” the US National Hurricane Center said on Monday.
Tropical Storm Cristobal was packing maximum sustained winds of 50 miles per hour (80 kilometers per hour) when it hit the southeast coast of the state on Sunday, the center said earlier. However, in its latest update at 0600 GMT, the NHC said the storm’s wind speeds had weakened to around 40 mph.
Cristobal, the third named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, is expected to dump as much as 38cm (15 inches) of rain in some places near the coast. It is forecast to move north into Arkansas and Missouri later Monday and Tuesday before heading into Wisconsin and then arriving in Canada on Wednesday, AFP reports.
US President Donald Trump said he would be signing an emergency declaration for Louisiana, freeing up federal aid.
source https://www.rt.com/newsline/491164-tropical-storm-cristobal-nhc/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS
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