BREAKING: Barry makes landfall near Intracoastal City, Louisiana, weakens to a tropical storm. - Sustained winds of 70 MPH - Moving NW at 6 MPH - Center 5 miles NE of Intracoastal City, LA
Dangerous and slow-moving Hurricane Barry made landfall along the central Louisiana coast Saturday afternoon as residents braced for life-threatening amounts of rain.
Though the storm is no longer a hurricane, it's bringing extremely dangerous amounts of rainfall, which could lead to flash flooding through the weekend. In New Orleans, where rainfall may reach 20 inches, Mayor LaToya Cantrell on Saturday urged residents and visitors to shelter in place, stay off the roads and brace for flooding."We are not in any way out of the woods," Cantrell said Saturday."It is coming our way."In Morgan City, Mayor Frank Grizzaffi told ABC News,"We don't have the pumping capacity to handle 20 inches of rain if it comes at one time.
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