Lamont Pepp, droit, fait signe à un automobiliste de ralentir après que la voiture de Pepp ait calé dans les hautes eaux sur Gause Boulevard à Slidell vendredi soir, 18 juin 2021, comme une perturbation tropicale près du rivage de la Louisiane. La tempête tropicale Claudette s'est formée samedi matin le long de la côte américaine du golfe, apportant de fortes pluies et des inondations dans les États côtiers, y compris la Louisiane, Mississippi et Alabama. Crédit :Scott Threlkeld/The Advocate via AP
Les autorités de l'Alabama affirment qu'une tornade présumée provoquée par la tempête tropicale Claudette a démoli ou gravement endommagé au moins 50 maisons dans une petite ville juste au nord de la frontière avec la Floride.
Le shérif Heath Jackson du comté d'Escambia a déclaré qu'une tornade présumée avait "assez rasé" un parc de maisons mobiles, renversé des arbres sur des maisons et arraché le toit d'un gymnase de lycée. La plupart des dommages ont été causés dans ou près des villes de Brewton et East Brewton, environ 48 miles (77 kilomètres) au nord de Pensacola, Floride.
"Cela a affecté tout le monde, ", a déclaré Jackson. "Mais avec ces maisons mobiles construites si proches les unes des autres, cela peut leur coûter beaucoup plus cher que les maisons qui sont dispersées."
Il n'y a eu aucun rapport immédiat de blessures graves ou de décès. Des photos de la région de Brewton partagées sur Facebook montrent des arbres renversés, dont un qui a atterri sur une maison, ainsi qu'une longue étendue de débris qui, selon un média local, provenaient d'un parc à roulottes gravement endommagé.
Les dégâts de la tempête ont également été ressentis dans le nord de la Floride, où les vents, atteignant dans certains cas 85 mph (137 km/h), ont fait basculer un véhicule à 18 roues sur le côté.
Le Centre national des ouragans a déclaré Claudette suffisamment organisée pour être qualifiée de tempête nommée à 4 heures du matin samedi, bien après que le centre de circulation de la tempête ait touché terre au sud-ouest de la Nouvelle-Orléans.
Les automobilistes naviguent sur un boulevard Gause inondé à Slidell, La., tard vendredi, 18 juin 2021, comme une perturbation tropicale près du rivage de la Louisiane. La tempête tropicale Claudette s'est formée samedi matin le long de la côte américaine du golfe, apportant de fortes pluies et des inondations dans les États côtiers, y compris la Louisiane, Mississippi et Alabama. Crédit :Scott Threlkeld/The Advocate via AP
Le samedi soir, Claudette était une dépression tropicale située à 45 milles (75 kilomètres) à l'ouest-nord-ouest de Montgomery, Alabama, avec des vents soutenus de 30 mph (45 km/h). Il se déplaçait vers le nord-est à 14 mph (22 km/h). La plupart du temps violent se produisait loin au nord et à l'est du centre.
Tôt samedi, la tempête a déversé des pluies torrentielles au nord du lac Pontchartrain en Louisiane et le long de la côte du Mississippi, inondant les rues et, dans certaines régions, pousser l'eau dans les maisons. Plus tard, la tempête inondait l'enclave de Floride et, bien à l'intérieur des terres, une vaste étendue de l'Alabama. Le National Weather Service a mis en garde contre de possibles tornades dans le nord de la Floride et le sud de l'Alabama.
Certaines parties de l'intérieur du Mississippi et de la Géorgie recevaient également de fortes pluies de Claudette. Et même si la tempête faiblit, le National Hurricane Center a émis une veille de tempête tropicale pour certaines parties de la côte de la Caroline du Nord, qui pourrait en ressentir les effets d'ici dimanche soir. La tempête devait traverser l'océan Atlantique lundi, et retrouver la force de la tempête tropicale au-dessus des eaux libres mardi.
Cette image satellite GOES-16 GeoColor prise vendredi, 18 juin 2021, à 11 h HAE, et fourni par la NOAA, montre un système météorologique tropical dans le golfe du Mexique. Les autorités ont ordonné la fermeture d'un système de vannes et de serrures dans le sud-est de la Louisiane et ont préparé des sacs de sable dans le Mississippi et l'Alabama en tant que large, Le système météorologique tropical désorganisé a commencé vendredi à faire tourner des bandes de pluie et de vent vif sur la côte nord du golfe du Mexique. Crédit :NOAA via AP
Les résidents de Pace, Floride, a appelé le 911 pour signaler une possible tornade qui a arraché les toits de deux maisons et endommagé au moins trois autres.
"Personne n'est blessé, " a déclaré Sarah Whitfield, porte-parole du comté de Santa Rosa, where the Florida homes were damaged. "We're just thankful it happened after sunrise, " not overnight as people slept.
An 18-wheeler hit several utility poles and flipped on its side during the storm early Saturday. Debris from the accident, including a collapsed utility pole, turned into projectiles and struck a passing SUV, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Highway Patrol officials were to close both lanes of the Interstate 10 bridge between Escambia and Santa Rosa counties due to high winds.
The county received two calls about trees falling onto homes, but no one was home at the time.
Clouds from Tropical Storm Claudette form on Highway 90 Beaches in Pass Christian, Miss., Vendredi, 18 juin 2021. City of Pass Christian has declared state of emergency for potential severe weather. Credit:Hunter Dawkins/The Gazebo Gazette via AP
The storm left tens of thousands without power and some flights were being canceled or delayed at Pensacola International Airport.
"We have a lot of visitors that are here vacationing, " Escambia County spokesperson Laura Coale said. "Red flags flying out at the beaches so there's absolutely no swimming."
Forecasters said Claudette could dump 5 to 10 inches (12 to 25 centimeters) of rain in the region, with isolated accumulations of 15 inches (38 centimeters) possible.
Residents of Slidell, Louisiane, north of Lake Pontchartrain, reported flooded streets and water in some neighborhoods as the storm pushed onshore overnight. Slidell police said the flooding had largely receded by daybreak, after swamping as many as 50 cars and trucks with water.
Most people riding out the storm still had electricity when they woke up Saturday morning. The website poweroutage.us reported roughly 22, 000 outages total across Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida.
Residents in low-lying areas of Hancock County move their vehicles, lawn mowers, ATVs and boats to higher ground in Waveland, Miss., as a tropical system approaches Friday, 18 juin 2021. Forecasters predict a tropical system will bring heavy rain, storm surge and coastal flooding to the U.S. Gulf Coast. The poorly organized disturbance was located Friday morning about 255 miles south of Morgan City, Louisiane. Credit:Justin Mitchell/The Sun Herald via AP
The storm struck on a weekend when many on the Gulf Coast planned to celebrate Juneteenth and Father's Day.
Business owners across the Gulf Coast, from restaurateurs to swamp boat operators, had anticipated an influx of tourist cash after a year of lost revenue due to the coronavirus pandemic.
"My biggest concern is that it drives away a busy weekend, and may just end up being a lot of rain, " Austin Sumrall, the owner and chef at the White Pillars Restaurant and Lounge in Biloxi, Mississippi, said Friday.
He had 170 reservations on his books for Sunday, but was concerned some patrons would cancel.
"We saw, especially last year, the rug can get jerked out from under you pretty quickly, " il a dit.
In Louisiana, the threat came a month after spring storms and flooding that were blamed for five deaths, and as parts of the state continued a slow recovery from a brutal 2020 hurricane season.
Motorists navigate a flooded Gause Boulevard in Slidell, La., late Friday, 18 juin 2021, as a tropical disturbance neared the Louisiana shore. Tropical Storm Claudette has formed Saturday morning along the U.S. Gulf Coast, bringing heavy rains and flooding to coastal states including Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. Credit:Scott Threlkeld/The Advocate via AP
A man takes a photo of waves crashing into what once was a dock for a ferry that transported people from Bay St. Louis to Pass Christian, Miss., as a tropical system moves toward the Mississippi Coast on Friday, 18 juin 2021. Forecasters predict a tropical system will bring heavy rain, storm surge and coastal flooding to the U.S. Gulf Coast. The poorly organized disturbance was located Friday morning about 255 miles south of Morgan City, Louisiane. Credit:Justin Mitchell/The Sun Herald via AP
Motorists navigate a flooded Gause Boulevard in Slidell, La., late Friday, 18 juin 2021, as a tropical disturbance neared the Louisiana shore. Tropical Storm Claudette has formed Saturday morning along the U.S. Gulf Coast, bringing heavy rains and flooding to coastal states including Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. Credit:Scott Threlkeld/The Advocate via AP
A flooded neighborhood is seen after Tropical Storm Claudette passed through in Slidell, La., Samedi, 19 juin 2021. The National Hurricane Center declared Claudette organized enough to qualify as a named storm early Saturday, well after the storm's center of circulation had come ashore southwest of New Orleans. Credit:AP Photo/Gerald Herbert
Danny Gonzales, droit, stands in front of his flooded house with his neighbor Bob Neal, upset with power company trucks driving though the flooded neighborhood pushing water back into his home, after Tropical Storm Claudette passed through, in Slidell, La., Samedi, 19 juin 2021. The National Hurricane Center declared Claudette organized enough to qualify as a named storm early Saturday, well after the storm's center of circulation had come ashore southwest of New Orleans. Credit:AP Photo/Gerald Herbert
Marina Kingsmill and her brother Raylan play in the flooded street in front of their home after Tropical Storm Claudette passed through in Slidell, La., Samedi, 19 juin 2021. The National Hurricane Center declared Claudette organized enough to qualify as a named storm early Saturday, well after the storm's center of circulation had come ashore southwest of New Orleans. Credit:AP Photo/Gerald Herbert
Marina Kingsmill and her brother Raylan play in the flooded street in front of their home after Tropical Storm Claudette passed through in Slidell, La., Samedi, 19 juin 2021. The National Hurricane Center declared Claudette organized enough to qualify as a named storm early Saturday, well after the storm's center of circulation had come ashore southwest of New Orleans. Credit:AP Photo/Gerald Herbert
Cal Kingsmill, Jr., and his wife Jessie Kingsmill, point out crickets to their children Marina, 8, and Raylan, 8, in the receding floodwater in front of their home, after Tropical Storm Claudette passed through, in Slidell, La., Samedi, 19 juin 2021. The National Hurricane Center declared Claudette organized enough to qualify as a named storm early Saturday, well after the storm's center of circulation had come ashore southwest of New Orleans. Credit:AP Photo/Gerald Herbert
Jessie Kingsmill points out crickets to her daughter Marina, 8, in the receding floodwater in front of their home, after Tropical Storm Claudette passed through, in Slidell, La., Samedi, 19 juin 2021. The National Hurricane Center declared Claudette organized enough to qualify as a named storm early Saturday, well after the storm's center of circulation had come ashore southwest of New Orleans. Credit:AP Photo/Gerald Herbert
A car stops in front of neighborhood flooding after Tropical Storm Claudette passed through, in Slidell, La., Samedi, 19 juin 2021. The National Hurricane Center declared Claudette organized enough to qualify as a named storm early Saturday, well after the storm's center of circulation had come ashore southwest of New Orleans. Credit:AP Photo/Gerald Herbert
Jessie Kingsmill stands in her driveway with her children Marina, 8, droit, and Raylan, 8, as water recedes after Tropical Storm Claudette passed through, in Slidell, La., Samedi, 19 juin 2021. The National Hurricane Center declared Claudette organized enough to qualify as a named storm early Saturday, well after the storm's center of circulation had come ashore southwest of New Orleans. Credit:AP Photo/Gerald Herbert
Marina Kingsmill and her brother Raylan play in the flooded street in front of their home after Tropical Storm Claudette passed through in Slidell, La., Samedi, 19 juin 2021. The National Hurricane Center declared Claudette organized enough to qualify as a named storm early Saturday, well after the storm's center of circulation had come ashore southwest of New Orleans.Credit:AP Photo/Gerald Herbert
Danny Gonzales, walks in his flooded house as water recedes, after Tropical Storm Claudette passed through, in Slidell, La., Samedi, 19 juin 2021. The National Hurricane Center declared Claudette organized enough to qualify as a named storm early Saturday, well after the storm's center of circulation had come ashore southwest of New Orleans.Credit:AP Photo/Gerald Herbert
Separately, Tropical Storm Dolores made landfall on Mexico's west coast with near-hurricane force. As of Saturday night, it was a depression located about 140 miles (225 kilometers) north-northwest of Guadalajara, Mexique. Its maximum sustained winds were clocked at 30 mph (45 kph), and it was moving north at 21 mph (33 kph).
Heavy rainfall of 6 to 10 inches (about 15 to 25 centimeters) was expected across the southwest and western coastal areas of Mexico throughout the weekend. Forecasters were warning of the potential for flash flooding and mudslides.
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