Tropical Storm Lee Makes Landfall, Soaks U.S. Gulf Region
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Tropical Storm Lee picked up speed and began a jog toward the waterlogged U.S. Northeast after making landfall and soaking Louisiana today. Extensive flooding is possible along the Gulf Coast and in the Tennessee Valley tomorrow.
The storm was about 30 miles (50 kilometers) north-northeast of Lafayette, Louisiana, moving north at 5 miles per hour as of 4 p.m. local time, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in its latest advisory. Lee may stall before heading northeast sometime tonight, the center said. Tropical-storm force winds remain in the Gulf of Mexico, where 60 percent of oil production and 44 percent of natural gas output is halted, the U.S. said.