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Grote schade aan stacaravanpark Alabama te midden van tropische storm

Lamont Pep, Rechtsaf, zwaait naar een passerende automobilist om te vertragen nadat Pepp's auto laat op vrijdag in hoog water op Gause Boulevard in Slidell tot stilstand kwam, 18 juni 2021, toen een tropische verstoring de kust van Louisiana naderde. Tropische storm Claudette heeft zich zaterdagochtend gevormd langs de Amerikaanse Golfkust, het brengen van zware regenval en overstromingen naar kuststaten, waaronder Louisiana, Mississippi en Alabama. Krediet:Scott Threlkeld/The Advocate via AP

Autoriteiten in Alabama zeggen dat een vermoedelijke tornado, aangespoord door tropische storm Claudette, minstens 50 huizen in een klein stadje net ten noorden van de grens met Florida heeft verwoest of zwaar beschadigd.

Sheriff Heath Jackson in Escambia County zei dat een vermoedelijke tornado een stacaravanpark "vrijwel genivelleerd" heeft. bomen op huizen vielen en het dak van een gymzaal op de middelbare school rukten. De meeste schade werd aangericht in of nabij de steden Brewton en East Brewton, ongeveer 77 kilometer ten noorden van Pensacola, Florida.

"Het raakte iedereen, "Zei Jackson. "Maar met die stacaravans die zo dicht bij elkaar worden gebouwd, kan het veel meer hun tol eisen dan van huizen die uit elkaar staan."

Er waren geen directe meldingen van ernstige verwondingen of doden. Foto's van het Brewton-gebied die op Facebook zijn gedeeld, tonen omgevallen bomen, waaronder een die op een huis landde, evenals een lange strook puin waarvan een lokaal nieuwscentrum zei dat het afkomstig was van een zwaar beschadigd trailerpark.

Schade door de storm werd ook gevoeld in Noord-Florida, waar wind - in sommige gevallen tot 85 mph (137 km / u) - ervoor zorgde dat een 18-wieler op zijn kant kantelde.

Het National Hurricane Centre verklaarde dat Claudette zich genoeg had georganiseerd om zich zaterdag om 4.00 uur te kwalificeren als een benoemde storm, ruim nadat het circulatiecentrum van de storm aan land was gekomen ten zuidwesten van New Orleans.

Automobilisten navigeren over een ondergelopen Gause Boulevard in Slidell, La., laat vrijdag, 18 juni 2021, toen een tropische verstoring de kust van Louisiana naderde. Tropische storm Claudette heeft zich zaterdagochtend gevormd langs de Amerikaanse Golfkust, het brengen van zware regenval en overstromingen naar kuststaten, waaronder Louisiana, Mississippi en Alabama. Krediet:Scott Threlkeld/The Advocate via AP

Tegen zaterdagavond, Claudette was een tropische depressie op 75 mijl (75 kilometer) ten noordwesten van Montgomery, Alabama, met aanhoudende wind van 30 mph (45 km / u). Het bewoog naar het noordoosten met een snelheid van 14 mph (22 km / u). Het meeste zware weer vond plaats ver ten noorden en oosten van het centrum.

vroege zaterdag, de storm stortte stortregens ten noorden van Lake Pontchartrain in Louisiana en langs de kust van Mississippi, overstromende straten en, in sommige gebieden, water in huizen duwen. Later, de storm doorweekte de Florida Panhandle en, goed landinwaarts, een brede uitgestrektheid van Alabama. De National Weather Service waarschuwde voor mogelijke tornado's in Noord-Florida en Zuid-Alabama.

Ook delen van het binnenland van Mississippi en Georgia kregen zware regen van Claudette. En ook al was de storm aan het afzwakken, het National Hurricane Center gaf een tropische stormwacht uit voor delen van de kust van North Carolina, die de effecten zondagavond zouden kunnen voelen. De storm zou volgens de voorspellingen maandag de Atlantische Oceaan in trekken. en dinsdag weer tropische stormkracht boven open water.

Dit GOES-16 GeoColor-satellietbeeld, gemaakt op vrijdag, 18 juni 2021, om 11 uur EDT, en geleverd door NOAA, toont een tropisch weersysteem in de Golf van Mexico. Ambtenaren bestelden een sluisdeur en sloten in het zuidoosten van Louisiana en maakten zandzakken klaar in Mississippi en Alabama als een brede, ongeorganiseerd tropisch weersysteem begon vrijdag banden van regen en stevige wind te spinnen langs de noordelijke kust van de Golf van Mexico. Krediet:NOAA via AP

Inwoners van Pace, Florida, belde 911 om een ​​mogelijke twister te melden die de daken van twee huizen scheurde en minstens drie anderen beschadigde.

"Niemand is gewond, " zei Sarah Whitfield, woordvoerder van Santa Rosa County, where the Florida homes were damaged. "We're just thankful it happened after sunrise, " not overnight as people slept.

An 18-wheeler hit several utility poles and flipped on its side during the storm early Saturday. Debris from the accident, including a collapsed utility pole, turned into projectiles and struck a passing SUV, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Highway Patrol officials were to close both lanes of the Interstate 10 bridge between Escambia and Santa Rosa counties due to high winds.

The county received two calls about trees falling onto homes, but no one was home at the time.

Clouds from Tropical Storm Claudette form on Highway 90 Beaches in Pass Christian, Missen., Vrijdag, June 18, 2021. City of Pass Christian has declared state of emergency for potential severe weather. Credit:Hunter Dawkins/The Gazebo Gazette via AP

The storm left tens of thousands without power and some flights were being canceled or delayed at Pensacola International Airport.

"We have a lot of visitors that are here vacationing, " Escambia County spokesperson Laura Coale said. "Red flags flying out at the beaches so there's absolutely no swimming."

Forecasters 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.

Residents of Slidell, Louisiana, north of Lake Pontchartrain, reported flooded streets and water in some neighborhoods as the storm pushed onshore overnight. Slidell police said the flooding had largely receded by daybreak, after swamping as many as 50 cars and trucks with water.

Most people riding out the storm still had electricity when they woke up Saturday morning. The website poweroutage.us reported roughly 22, 000 outages total across Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida.

Residents in low-lying areas of Hancock County move their vehicles, lawn mowers, ATVs and boats to higher ground in Waveland, Missen., as a tropical system approaches Friday, June 18, 2021. Forecasters predict a tropical system will bring heavy rain, storm surge and coastal flooding to the U.S. Gulf Coast. The poorly organized disturbance was located Friday morning about 255 miles south of Morgan City, Louisiana. Credit:Justin Mitchell/The Sun Herald via AP

The storm struck on a weekend when many on the Gulf Coast planned to celebrate Juneteenth and Father's Day.

Business 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.

"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, zei vrijdag.

He had 170 reservations on his books for Sunday, but was concerned some patrons would cancel.

"We saw, especially last year, the rug can get jerked out from under you pretty quickly, " hij zei.

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.

  • Motorists navigate a flooded Gause Boulevard in Slidell, La., late Friday, June 18, 2021, as a tropical disturbance neared the Louisiana shore. Tropical Storm Claudette has formed Saturday morning along the U.S. Gulf Coast, bringing heavy rains and flooding to coastal states including Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. Credit:Scott Threlkeld/The Advocate via AP

  • A man takes a photo of waves crashing into what once was a dock for a ferry that transported people from Bay St. Louis to Pass Christian, Missen., as a tropical system moves toward the Mississippi Coast on Friday, June 18, 2021. Forecasters predict a tropical system will bring heavy rain, storm surge and coastal flooding to the U.S. Gulf Coast. The poorly organized disturbance was located Friday morning about 255 miles south of Morgan City, Louisiana. Credit:Justin Mitchell/The Sun Herald via AP

  • Motorists navigate a flooded Gause Boulevard in Slidell, La., late Friday, June 18, 2021, as a tropical disturbance neared the Louisiana shore. Tropical Storm Claudette has formed Saturday morning along the U.S. Gulf Coast, bringing heavy rains and flooding to coastal states including Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. Credit:Scott Threlkeld/The Advocate via AP

  • A flooded neighborhood is seen after Tropical Storm Claudette passed through in Slidell, La., Zaterdag, June 19, 2021. The National Hurricane Center declared Claudette organized enough to qualify as a named storm early Saturday, well after the storm's center of circulation had come ashore southwest of New Orleans. Credit:AP Photo/Gerald Herbert

  • Danny Gonzales, Rechtsaf, stands in front of his flooded house with his neighbor Bob Neal, upset with power company trucks driving though the flooded neighborhood pushing water back into his home, after Tropical Storm Claudette passed through, in Slidell, La., Zaterdag, June 19, 2021. The National Hurricane Center declared Claudette organized enough to qualify as a named storm early Saturday, well after the storm's center of circulation had come ashore southwest of New Orleans. Credit:AP Photo/Gerald Herbert

  • Marina Kingsmill and her brother Raylan play in the flooded street in front of their home after Tropical Storm Claudette passed through in Slidell, La., Zaterdag, June 19, 2021. The National Hurricane Center declared Claudette organized enough to qualify as a named storm early Saturday, well after the storm's center of circulation had come ashore southwest of New Orleans. Credit:AP Photo/Gerald Herbert

  • Marina Kingsmill and her brother Raylan play in the flooded street in front of their home after Tropical Storm Claudette passed through in Slidell, La., Zaterdag, June 19, 2021. The National Hurricane Center declared Claudette organized enough to qualify as a named storm early Saturday, well after the storm's center of circulation had come ashore southwest of New Orleans. Credit:AP Photo/Gerald Herbert

  • Cal Kingsmill, jr., and his wife Jessie Kingsmill, point out crickets to their children Marina, 8, and Raylan, 8, in the receding floodwater in front of their home, after Tropical Storm Claudette passed through, in Slidell, La., Zaterdag, June 19, 2021. The National Hurricane Center declared Claudette organized enough to qualify as a named storm early Saturday, well after the storm's center of circulation had come ashore southwest of New Orleans. Credit:AP Photo/Gerald Herbert

  • Jessie Kingsmill points out crickets to her daughter Marina, 8, in the receding floodwater in front of their home, after Tropical Storm Claudette passed through, in Slidell, La., Zaterdag, June 19, 2021. The National Hurricane Center declared Claudette organized enough to qualify as a named storm early Saturday, well after the storm's center of circulation had come ashore southwest of New Orleans. Credit:AP Photo/Gerald Herbert

  • A car stops in front of neighborhood flooding after Tropical Storm Claudette passed through, in Slidell, La., Zaterdag, June 19, 2021. The National Hurricane Center declared Claudette organized enough to qualify as a named storm early Saturday, well after the storm's center of circulation had come ashore southwest of New Orleans. Credit:AP Photo/Gerald Herbert

  • Jessie Kingsmill stands in her driveway with her children Marina, 8, Rechtsaf, and Raylan, 8, as water recedes after Tropical Storm Claudette passed through, in Slidell, La., Zaterdag, June 19, 2021. The National Hurricane Center declared Claudette organized enough to qualify as a named storm early Saturday, well after the storm's center of circulation had come ashore southwest of New Orleans. Credit:AP Photo/Gerald Herbert

  • Marina Kingsmill and her brother Raylan play in the flooded street in front of their home after Tropical Storm Claudette passed through in Slidell, La., Zaterdag, June 19, 2021. The National Hurricane Center declared Claudette organized enough to qualify as a named storm early Saturday, well after the storm's center of circulation had come ashore southwest of New Orleans.Credit:AP Photo/Gerald Herbert

  • Danny Gonzales, walks in his flooded house as water recedes, after Tropical Storm Claudette passed through, in Slidell, La., Zaterdag, June 19, 2021. The National Hurricane Center declared Claudette organized enough to qualify as a named storm early Saturday, well after the storm's center of circulation had come ashore southwest of New Orleans.Credit:AP Photo/Gerald Herbert

Separately, Tropical Storm Dolores made landfall on Mexico's west coast with near-hurricane force. As of Saturday night, it was a depression located about 140 miles (225 kilometers) north-northwest of Guadalajara, Mexico. Its maximum sustained winds were clocked at 30 mph (45 kph), and it was moving north at 21 mph (33 kph).

Heavy rainfall of 6 to 10 inches (about 15 to 25 centimeters) was expected across the southwest and western coastal areas of Mexico throughout the weekend. Forecasters were warning of the potential for flash flooding and mudslides.

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