Claudette brings flooding rains to southeastern U.S., leaving 12 dead in Alabama
Tropical depression Claudette continues to move through the southeastern United States, and will bring heavy rainfall across Alabama, Florida, Georgia and South Carolina, and may strengthen as it reaches the East Coast.
The storm has killed at least 12 people in Alabama.
Claudette has maximum sustained winds of 30 mph, according to an advisory issued at 10 a.m. from the National Hurricane Center.
It is expected to strengthen into a tropical storm over eastern North Carolina on Monday night, and become a post-tropical cyclone by late Tuesday.
Claudette is located 15 miles east northeast of Atlanta, and is moving east northeast at 17 mph.
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The storm is forecast to produce an additional 1 to 3 inches of rain, and up to 6 inches of rain in isolated areas, across Alabama, the Florida Panhandle, northern and central Georgia, and upstate South Carolina.
Latest data on Claudette
Here is the latest data on Claudette pulled from the National Hurricane Center’s 10 a.m. advisory.
- Location: 15 miles west of Atlanta
- Maximum sustained winds: 30 mph
- Movement: East northeast at 17 mph
- Pressure: 1009 MB (millibars)
- When next advisory will be released: 1 p.m.