Cristobal may be gone but a line of severe weather moves in bringing heavy rain and street flooding to downtown New Orleans. New Orleans Councilman Joe Giarrusso says this is to be expected after a tropical storm passes through.
“So this is just one of those rain events we talked about during a tropical storm that is unexpected but is dumping an unprecedented amount of rain in a very short period of time.”
The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood warning for much of the New Orleans metro area. Some parts of the city saw 3-5 inches of rain in just one hour.
“The pumps are all apparently working. The power is above the 53 mega-watt basis that it needs to be, there are about 60 so there is more than enough power, but I think they turned on turbine one this morning to deal with most of this and turbine four as backup, so that is going as it should.”
We're seeing reports of street flooding this morning across the New Orleans area. Where are you seeing high water?More: https://t.co/l9sj6jlD5i pic.twitter.com/ASHoZtQyYn
— NOLA.com (@NOLAnews)
June 10, 2020 #ThankYou Parks and Parkways! Our crews are out clearing trees, branches and limbs from the heavy rain storm. This is on Filmore Ave. Please stay off the streets if possible. Do not drive through flooded streets. Call 311 to report a tree. @311nola pic.twitter.com/z8iB1tCu90
— Mayor LaToya Cantrell (@mayorcantrell)
June 10, 2020
