Post-Tropical Cyclone Arthur Causes Life-Threatening Flooding Across US Gulf Coast

Post-Tropical Cyclone Arthur is driving life-threatening flash flooding across Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and the Florida Panhandle, with high-water rescues underway in St. Tammany Parish. The system, which made landfall near Galveston, Texas, as Tropical Storm Arthur on Wednesday, June 17, is expected to produce rainfall totals of 5 to 10 inches, with isolated areas receiving up to 20 inches through early Friday. A Tropical Storm Warning was in effect for portions of the Louisiana coast, and Texas Governor Abbott's 101-county disaster declaration remains in effect.