Heavy rainfall and a storm surge continued posing a threat across a wide area of the Gulf coast after Cristobal made landfall Sunday afternoon packing 50-mph (85-kph) winds between the mouth of the Mississippi River and the since-evacuated barrier island resort community of Grand Isle.Īt 5 pm EDT Monday, the storm was centred about 110 miles (180 kilometres) north of Monroe, Louisiana, with top winds of 35 mph (55 kph).
The pair then swam across a marshy area and were found sitting on the porch of a camp, Carboni said. They told deputies they survived in the water by clinging to one life jacket Sunday afternoon and Sunday night before they were able to reach the shore Monday morning, St. In Louisiana, two boaters were found Monday afternoon in good condition after their boat sank in a deepwater straight near Slidell on Sunday, authorities said. Any blazes that start will spread rapidly, they said.Ĭristobal weakened into a depression early Monday after inundating coastal Louisiana and ginning up dangerous weather along most of the US Gulf Coast, sending waves crashing over Mississippi beaches, swamping parts of an Alabama island town and spawning a tornado in Florida. In parts of Iowa, Minnesota and South Dakota, the gusty winds and low humidity will bring the threat of wildfires in areas with dry grass, National Weather Service forecasters warned.
High winds could be felt from Nebraska to Wisconsin, forecasters said. Boaters were being warned of gale-force winds on nearby Lake Michigan on Tuesday and Wednesday. Wind gusts of up to 45 mph (72 kph) are expected in Chicago by Tuesday night, the National Weather Service said. "It's a pretty fascinating interaction we'll see over the next couple of days." "The two will eventually merge into a large cyclone," Carbin said. Tropical Storm Cristobal could soon renew its strength by uniting with another storm system coming from the west to form one giant cyclone, forecasters say.Īfter drenching much of the South, forecasters now expect the remnants of Cristobal to bring fierce winds, heavy rain and thunderstorms to much of the Midwest by Tuesday.Ī very strong storm system sweeping out from the Rocky Mountains is expected to meld with Cristobal in the next couple of days, said Greg Carbin, who oversees forecasts at the Weather Prediction Center in College Park, Maryland.
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