Sally makes landfall near Gulf Shores, Alabama, as the slow-moving Category 2 hurricane batters the US coast
FOLLOW LIVE UPDATES"We anticipate the evacuations could literally be in the thousands," David Morgan, sheriff of Florida's Escambia County which includes Pensacola, said of rescuing people in flooded neighborhoods.Water rescues also were reported to be ongoing in Gulf Shores, Alabama, where homes flooded and trees toppled onto roofs, city spokesman Grant Brown said.
— City of Gulf Breeze September 16, 2020 A flood emergency and a half million with no powerFloodwaters have turned streets into rivers in Pensacola, Florida, images from the Associated Press show. Pieces of hazardous debris"have become too numerous to list," police there warned.MAIN THREATS: INLAND FLOODING AND STORM SURGE"Nothing is going to go away anytime soon," National Hurricane Center Director Ken Graham told CNN.
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