Tropical Storm Barry nears New Orleans, raising flood threat

Tropical Storm Barry is closing in on New Orleans. Reuters reports the storm is predicted to make landfall early Saturday morning. Officials are predicting extreme rain and flooding for the area with the brunt of the storm expected to skirt the western edge of New Orleans. Barry converged in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday morning, packing maximum sustained winds of 40 miles per hour. The high winds came one day after the gathering storm flooded New Orleans with nearly a foot of rain.

New Orleans’ improved post-Katrina flood defenses are expected to face an extreme test as Tropical Storm Barry threatens to turn into the first hurricane of...

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Tropical Storm Barry, which is expected to flood New Orleans and threaten lives along the Mississippi River, is being fueled by warmth in the Gulf of Mexico that...

Tropical Storm Barry was headed toward New Orleans on Thursday, and forecast to gain strength and become this year's first Atlantic hurricane, the latest in a...