Barry strengthens into a Category 1 hurricane, heading west of New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS—Barry was upgraded to a hurricane Saturday morning as it churned toward the low-lying, swampy part of Louisiana, home to Cajuns, shrimpers and many working in the Gulf of Mexico’s oil-and-gas industry.
The slow-moving storm, with sustained winds of 75 miles an hour, threatened to drop as much as 2 feet of rain in parts of Louisiana. The storm’s wind speed made it a Category 1, the weakest hurricane. The storm was expected to drop quickly back to a tropical storm as it came on land, according to the National Weather...
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