Areas along a 600-mile-long swath of the Interstate-10 corridor, from Louisiana coast to the Florida Panhandle and western Georgia, will experience the heaviest rainfall and greatest risk of flooding.
Tropical storm Cindy has began to make it's way inland and the Gulf Coast has already seen major impacts.
Overnight, Tropical Storm Bret dissipated in the southern Caribbean.
Mr. Edwards declared a statement of emergency on Wednesday; Gov. Kay Ivey of Alabama issued one on Tuesday because of the flooding threat. The declaration of emergency suspends certain regulations for truckers responding to the emergency, including hours-of-service regulations. The heavy rains could cause flash flooding in these areas.
The National Weather Service and National Hurricane Center have canceled the Tropical Storm Warning for the Mississippi Gulf Coast and reduced the total rainfall expected.
On the forecast track, the tropical storm is expected to move near or over Trinidad and the eastern coast of Venezuela on Monday night and early Tuesday.
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The Korean component of the emerging markets index will be reduced by 0.23 percentage points to 15.27 percent. Karine Hirn, partner at East Capital, an emerging markets specialist, echoed Every's assessment.
The biggest worry with the storm is all the heavy rain it's spinning into Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and the Florida panhandle, where rain amounts may exceed 10 inches in the next 48 hours. The state said the Federal Emergency Management Agency also was moving 125,000 meals and 200,000 liters of water into Louisiana.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said emergency operations teams have been activated or are on standby to prepare for the storm's landfall.
Workers on Grand Isle, Louisiana's barrier island community south of New Orleans, worked to reinforce a rock levee protecting the island's vulnerable west side. Santa Rosa County reported flooding at the south end of the county that made some roads impassable. That is why I am imploring all Texans in the Gulf region to stay updated and heed warnings from your local officials, avoid high water areas and refrain from attempting to drive through roadways or over bridges that have the potential to flood. And authorities in various coastal Louisiana and MS communities handed out sandbags for areas along rivers and bayous.
"We have been through this many, many times before", New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu said at a press conference on Tuesday, according to PBS. Residents in nearby counties were also offered sandbags.
Authorities in Louisiana announced they will close courts and other government buildings across the state on Wednesday.
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