Live Updates: Hurricane Sally makes landfall in Alabama as Category 2 storm, ‘life-threatening’ flooding expected
Hurricane Sally roared ashore the northern Gulf Coast early Wednesday morning, making landfall as the storm threatens to bring devastating flooding to the region.
The National Hurricane Center (NHC) says Hurricane Sally made landfall at 4:45 a.m. CDT near Gulf Shores, Alabama as a Category 2 storm with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph. The hurricane has left thousands without power near coastal areas of Alabama and the Florida Panhandle region.
“Catastrophic and life-threatening flooding likely along portions of the north-central Gulf Coast,” the NHC said.
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