Barry Expected To Be Hurricane At Landfall As New Orleans Ordered To Shelter In Place
By Staff Reporter - 07 Aug '19 03:03AM
Rain from Tropical Storm Barry, which threatened to drop more than 20 inches and whip up dangerous storm surges along the Gulf of Mexico, had begun making its way onshore early Saturday.
By early morning the storm was nearing hurricane strength with winds of 70mph, according to the latest update from the National Weather service. Thousands in Louisiana were without power, meanwhile, according to utility company Entergy's online outage map.
The storm is anticipated to make landfall as a hurricane later in the morning, officials said. Its slow movement also means it "poses a significant flooding threat," according to the National Weather Service.