Hurricane Barry creeping toward Louisiana coast
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Barry makes landfall in Louisiana
Barry is the 50th hurricane to hit Louisiana since 1851
Barry just made landfall in Louisiana. While it hit as a Category 1 hurricane, it was downgraded to a tropical storm soon after.
Here are a few stat
Here's what Barry's landfall means for the record books:
- Barry — the first hurricane of the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season — is only the fourth hurricane to make landfall in Louisiana in July (The last was Hurricane Cindy in 2005).
- Barry is the 50th hurricane to make landfall in Louisiana since records began in 1851.
- Barry’s landfall as a hurricane means the US has had at least 1 hurricane make landfall for 4 consecutive years. (The last time hurricanes hit in four straight years was 2002 to 2005.)
The Louisiana levee that overtopped was not a Mississippi River levee, governor says
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards said that while a levee in Myrtle Grove, Louisiana, has experienced some overtopping, it is not a Mississippi River levee.
"I do want to clear up a little bit of misinformation going around: The overtopping that has occurred in Plaquemines Parish is not the Mississippi levee. It is a back levee in the vicinity of Myrtle Grove and it points further south," he explained.
Edwards said this overtopping was expected, and stressed that no Mississippi River levees so far have been overtopped.
"No Mississippi River levee has been overtopped, and not a single levee in the state of Louisiana — as of right now — has failed or breached," he said.
Hurricane Barry has made landfall in Louisiana
Barry made landfall in Louisiana near Intracoastal City and weakened to a tropical storm with 70 mph winds, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Barry was a hurricane when it made landfall — but it immediately weakened to a tropical storm.
The storm will continue to push inland, currently moving to the northwest at 6 mph.
Hurricane Barry is expected to make landfall soon. Here's what we know so far.
Barry strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane Saturday morning. The center of the storm located 40 mph south of Lafayette, Louisiana.
The storm is expected to make landfall soon. Here's how the storm has already affected the Gulf Coast:
- Flooding: Myrtle Grove, Louisiana is already feeling the effects of the hurricane. One of the two levees is overtopping, and Louisiana's lt. governor said the levee will only be able to withstand a few hours of overflowing before it breaches. Other cities across the state are also experiencing flooding.
- Power outages: More than 77,000 customers are without power in Louisiana. There have been reports of downed trees and power lines.
- The airport: No flights are taking off from New Orleans International Airport. Airlines have cancelled all flights to and from the airport. So far, there has been no reported damage to the infrastructure.
The New Orleans airport is open — but no flights are taking off
Kevin Dolliole, the director of aviation at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, said that while the airport is open today, all airline flight departures have been cancelled.
The airlines anticipate resuming operations tomorrow; when and how much will vary from carrier to carrier, he said.
So far, there's no issues with airport terminal or infrastructure.
Update: Due to potential impacts of #HurricaneBarry, all flights to and from the New Orleans Airport today have been cancelled. At this time, most airlines still plan to resume normal operations tomorrow as long as weather permits.
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A levee is overflowing in Myrtle Grove. Here's what it looks like.
Flood waters are rushing over the top of a levee in Myrtle Grove, Louisiana, as Hurricane Barry creeps closer to the coast.
The levee can withstand a few hours of overtopping before it breaches, Louisiana Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser told CNN. But, he said if the levee fails, a large part of Plaquemines Parish could flood.
Here's what the levee looks like:
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