Officials are warning that Hurricane Sally is expected to bring 'a history-making amount of rain,' drenching communities with 10-20 inches — and some areas possibly seeing up to 30 inches of rain.
Hurricane Sally has maximum sustained winds of 85 mph, the National Hurricane Center says. As the sun rose Tuesday, the storm's center was about 105 miles south-southeast of Biloxi, Mississippi.Hurricane Sally has maximum sustained winds of 85 mph, the National Hurricane Center says. As the sun rose Tuesday, the storm's center was about 105 miles south-southeast of Biloxi, Mississippi.
"Historic flooding is possible with extreme life-threatening flash flooding likely through Wednesday," the hurricane center said. Sally's projected landfall has shifted consistently toward the east; the center of the warning area is now just east of the Mississippi/Alabama border. But a large part of the coast is under a storm surge warning, from New Orleans to east of Pensacola, Fla.
After Sally makes landfall, flooding risks will spread further inland, eventually reaching northern Georgia and the western sections of South Carolina and North Carolina later this week, forecasters say.
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