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U.S. NEWS Wednesday 21 June 2017

At Press Time:

1 tropical storm churns in Gulf, 2nd disbands in Caribbean

Louisiana. Coast braced for Cindy, bago reopened later Tues-
Gov. John Bel Edwards the southern Caribbean re- day, though public schools
said the advance notice gion was dealing with the and many businesses re-
of the storm gave officials aftermath of Tropical Storm main closed.
time to put emergency Bret, which unleashed The third tropical storm of
plans in place. Louisiana heavy flooding, knocked 2017, Cindy was stationary
was slammed with major out power and ripped off Tuesday afternoon but to
flooding last summer from several roofs in some areas resume moving and reach
an unnamed storm that of Trinidad &Tobago. Bret the northern Gulf Coast late
heavily damaged the Ba- had degenerated into a Wednesday and rumble
ton Rouge and Lafayette tropical wave by Tuesday inland Thursday over west-
regions. afternoon. ern Louisiana and eastern
While the northern Gulf All airports in Trinidad & To- Texas. q
Workmen with the city and
volunteers help to shore up
gaps in the levee in Lafitte,
La. as Tropical Storm Cindy
threatens the Louisiana coast,
Tuesday, June 20, 2017.
(Ted Jackson/NOLA.com The
Times-Picayune via AP)

By KEVIN McGILL
Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Trop-
ical Storm Cindy formed
Tuesday in the Gulf of Mex-
ico, hovering south of Loui-
siana as it churned tides
and spun bands of heavy,
potentially flooding rain
onto the central and east-
ern Gulf Coast.
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey is-
sued a state of emergency
because of the threat of
torrential rains and other
severe weather, including
dangerous high tides and
rip currents.
Double red flags snapped
in the wind on the public
beach at Gulf Shores in her
state, warning visitors to
stay out of the pounding
surf.
Workers on Grand Isle,
a barrier island commu-
nity south of New Orleans,
worked to reinforce a rock
levee protecting the is-
land’s vulnerable west side.
Officials there decided
against calling an evacua-
tion but said in a statement
that anyone who wanted
to head for the mainland
should do so as early as
possible because water
might eventually cover
low-lying parts of the only
route off the island.
The Louisiana National
Guard dispatched high
water vehicles and heli-
copters into flood-prone
areas. The state said the
Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency was
moving 125,000 meals and
200,000 liters of water into