There were no immediate reports of serious injuries or deaths.ĭamage from the storm was also felt in north Florida, where winds - in some cases reaching 85 mph (137 kph) - caused an 18-wheeler to flip on its side. ![]() “But with those mobile homes being built so close together it can take a toll on them a lot more than it can on houses that are spread apart.” “It kind of affected everybody,” Jackson said. Most of the damage was done in or near the towns of Brewton and East Brewton, about 48 miles (77 kilometers) north of Pensacola, Florida. Sheriff Heath Jackson in Escambia County said a suspected tornado “pretty much leveled” a mobile home park, toppled trees onto houses and ripped the roof off of a high school gym. Shortly after landfall, a suspected tornado spurred by the storm demolished or badly damaged at least 50 homes in a small town in Alabama, just north of the Florida border. It was moving northeast at 13 mph (20 kph), the National Hurricane Center said in advisory early Sunday.Ĭlaudette was declared organized enough to qualify as a named tropical storm early Saturday morning, well after the storm’s center of circulation had come ashore southwest of New Orleans. The system was located about 45 miles (75 kilometers) south of Birmingham, with sustained winds of 30 mph (45 kph). The rapidly changing conditions came as Claudette was beginning to batter parts of Georgia and the Carolinas early Sunday. Village Creek in nearby Ensley rose above flood stage to 13 feet (4 meters), the National Weather Service in Birmingham tweeted. Bryan Harrell told news outlets that a search was underway for a man who was possibly swept away by flooding. ![]() The Tuscaloosa County Emergency Management Agency tweeted that local Red Cross volunteers were on hand to help those who were affected.Īnd, Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service Capt. More than 20 people were rescued by boat due to flooding in Northport, Alabama, WVUA-TV reported. Heavy rain led to high water late Saturday into early Sunday in the Birmingham and Tuscaloosa metropolitan areas. Forecasters warned of life-threatening flash flooding in parts of the Deep South, particularly across central Alabama, as Tropical Depression Claudette traveled over coastal states early Sunday.
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