Hurricane Sally’s remnants dumped torrential rains on eastern Alabama and Georgia early Thursday, while the Florida Panhandle and south Alabama were facing the possibility of even more misery due to swollen rivers a day after the storm blew ashore.
At least one death has been blamed on the hurricane, which made landfall near Gulf Shores, Alabama, early Wednesday – blasting 105 mph winds and battering coastal communities with a massive amount of rainfall.
The National Weather Service said Thursday heavy rain associated with the storm was forecast to impact much of western South Carolina, central North Carolina and southeastern Virginia into Thursday night. “Widespread flash flooding is anticipated, especially in the Carolinas,” it said.
As of Thursday afternoon, more than half a million people across Alabama, Georgia, Florida and Louisiana were without power, according to poweroutage.us.
