“If people live near rivers, small streams and creeks, they need to evacuate and go somewhere else.” “This is going to be historic flooding along with the historic rainfall,” Stewart said. People could drown in the flooding, he said. Stacy Stewart, a senior specialist with the National Hurricane Center, said Tuesday that people should continue to take the storm seriously since “devastating” rainfall is expected in large areas. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbrt)īy early Tuesday, hurricane warnings stretched from the mouth of the Pearl River at the Louisiana-Mississippi line to Navarre, Florida, and forecasters said Sally should reach land near the Alabama-Mississippi state line by late Tuesday or early Wednesday. Hurricane Sally, one of a record-tying five storms churning simultaneously in the Atlantic, closed in on the Gulf Coast on Monday with rapidly strengthening winds of at least 100 mph (161 kph) and the potential for up to 2 feet (0.6 meters) of rain that could bring severe flooding. Waters from the Guld of Mexico poor onto a local road, Monday, Sept.Hurricane Sally is expected to make landfall along the Gulf Coast sometime through the night and morning. Nikita Pero of Gulfport, Miss., walks with her son Vinny Pero, 2, on the beach along the Gulf of Mexico in Biloxi, Miss., Monday, Sept.Plaquemines Parish, La., crews prepare to move a levee gate as they get ready for Hurricane Sally on Monday, Sept.(Hunter Dawkins/The Gazebo Gazette via AP) Sally is expected to possibly make landfall somewhere along the Mississippi coast Tuesday morning. The sands in Long Beach, Miss., bordering the waters from the Gulf of Mexico, are deserted as a rising tide, growing tidal surge and increasing clouds are preludes to the effects of Hurricane Sally, Monday, Sept.Vinny Pero, 2, walks in a tidal pool on the beach along the Gulf of Mexico in Biloxi, Miss., with his mother, not pictured, Monday, Sept.

The waters, from rains associated with incoming Hurricane Sally will make the road impassable by Tuesday. The overflow of the Davis Avenue River in Pass Christian, Miss., sweeps over the road Monday, Sept.Robin was making sure one of his oyster boats was safely secured. Bernard Parish, La., as Hurricane Sally heads toward the Gulf Coast on Monday, Sept. Don Robin stands on a concrete block as the water rises in eastern St.

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