Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards declared a state of emergency as Tropical Storm Cristobal continued gaining strength Saturday, moving toward a likely landfall on the Gulf Coast.
MONROE, La. – Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards declared a state of emergency as Tropical Storm Cristobal continued gaining strength Saturday, moving toward a likely landfall on the Gulf Coast, with the storm’s center expected to cross the Louisiana shoreline Sunday.
Heavy rainfall is expected this weekend and early next week in areas of the Mid-South and Gulf Coast from East Texas to Florida, the National Hurricane Center said. Flooding is predicted to reach as high as five feet above ground level along the mouth of the Mississippi River and Ocean Springs, up to four feet along the Morgan City shoreline and between one and three feet along the rest of the gulf.
In response to COVID-19, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the CDC and public health officials have worked together to increase sanitary requirements at disaster facilities. Temperature screenings, reduced personnel, masks, increased cleaning, and transparent barriers are to be set up to encourage social distancing, according to FEMA's manual on COVID-19 during the hurricane season."This could be a very active season," AccuWeather meteorologist Dan Kottlowski said.
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