Cristobal Brings U.S. Flood Risks, Help for Parched Farm Fields
- System came ashore late Sunday along Louisiana coastline
- Forecast to merge with other systems as it moves into Canada
Heavy winds whip palm trees during Hurricane Dorian in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, U.S., on Sept. 5, 2019.
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Cristobal, bringing heavy rain and gusty winds to Louisiana, has been downgraded to a tropical depression but is still expected to raise the threat of flooding from Mississippi to Wisconsin.
The storm’s travels in the Gulf of Mexico shut more than a third of offshore energy production there. Moving forward, though, farmers with parched fields in the western Midwest will gain from the downpours, said Don Keeney, a meteorologist with commercial forecaster Maxar.