Slow-moving Hurricane Sally to dump heavy rains and bring 'historic flooding' to Gulf Coast

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KILN, Miss. — Hurricane Sally is creeping closer to the Gulf Coast as the slow-moving storm is expected to bring heavy rains and "historic flooding" from southeastern Louisiana to Florida's Panhandle, forecasters say.

Sally, which ramped up to a Category 2 storm Monday but has since weakened slightly to Category 1, is forecast to make landfall late Tuesday or early Wednesday.

While forecasters say it's still too early to determine exactly where Sally will come ashore, its dangers will be felt for miles with hurricane warnings in effect from east of Bay St. Louis, Louisiana, to Navarre, Florida.

“This is going to be historic flooding along with the historic rainfall,” Stacy Stewart, a senior specialist with the National Hurricane Center, said Tuesday. “If people live near rivers, small streams and creeks, they need to evacuate and go somewhere else.”

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1. I am in the outter rain bands and it is flooding outside right now

and has been, off and on, for the last 20 hours or so. The way the storm is projected to hook to the NE after it comes ashore, my area will be in the heavy rains until late Wed. It is fine, it has been a dry summer and the woods around my house needed a good soaking.

Good luck to the folks that will be affected by the storm surge, winds and rain.