City officials warned New Orleans residents on Friday to secure their homes, stock up on supplies and prepare to huddle indoors with Tropical Storm Barry poised to make landfall as the first Atlantic hurricane of 2019.
Barry's maximum sustained winds were clocked at 100 kph as it churned through the northern Gulf of Mexico toward Louisiana. Meteorologists warned that torrential rains — as much as 60 cm in some places — are likely to unleash severe flooding...
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