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United States Sally Is Expected To Be A Hurricane When It Hits Gulf Coast Tuesday
Tropical Storm Sally is edging closer to the Gulf Coast and is expected to strengthen into a hurricane before making landfall. This view of sunrise over the U.S. Monday morning also shows smoke from massive wildfires in the West. NOAA/NESDIS/STAR GOES-East hide caption
Updated at 11:05 a.m. ET
People along the coast of Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida and Alabama are bracing for a hurricane, as Tropical Storm Sally is expected to intensify into a hurricane before making landfall from the Gulf of Mexico. The slow-moving storm is already causing flooding; forecasters say there's more to come.
"Impacts of an extremely dangerous and life-threatening storm surge, hurricane-force winds and torrential rain with flash flooding from Sally will likely begin later today," the National Weather Service says.
The surge could be as high as 11 feet in some areas. The storm will also bring a huge amount of rain — from 8-16 inches, with up to 24 inches in isolated areas of the central Gulf Coast and the western Florida Panhandle.
Tropical Storm Sally is currently forecast to make landfall on the Gulf Coast as a hurricane, possibly in the area near Gulfport, Miss. NOAA/Esri/HERE/Garmin hide caption
Forecasters say conditions are too unstable to predict where the storm will arrive; current projections show Sally coming ashore between New Orleans, La., and Gulfport, Miss. The predicted track has shifted eastward in the past 24 hours, bringing a measure of relief to people in southwestern Louisiana, which is still recovering from Hurricane Laura's arrival in late August.
Sally's effects are already being felt in Florida, where it will likely continue to create flash floods across Florida's peninsula, the hurricane center says. The storm is also adding to major flooding that is already happening across western and central Florida, the agency says.
