The Latest: Sally's rains pummel western Florida Panhandle
Here are the latest developments on tropical weather (all times local):
Hurricane Sally is now a Category 1 storm, with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph (137 kph) as of Tuesday morning. Despite this,
Residents in these areas “need to understand there is going to be extremely heavy rainfall, like what they may have never seen before,” Stewart said. “You don’t have to have a very powerful hurricane like a Category 3 hurricane to get significant storm surge."
Some places could be inundated with 4 to 6 feet of water, and people can drown in the flooding, Stewart said. “If people live near rivers, small streams and creeks, they need to evacuate and go somewhere else," he said.
The Florida
Its slow speed has raised concerns of extreme rainfall and flooding. Sally had winds of 100 mph, but forecasters were predicting the storm could strengthen even further before it is expected to blow ashore near the
Florida’s governor declared an emergency in two western
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