Forecasters warned of life-threatening flash flooding in parts of the deep south, particularly across central Alabama as tropical depression Claudette traveled over coastal states on Sunday.
One local official said that 10 people – including nine children – had died after a two-vehicle crash in Alabama that seemed linked to the weather.
Butler county coroner Wayne Garlock did not release the names of the victims in Saturday’s crash but said that vehicles likely hydroplaned on wet roads. Butler County Sheriff Danny Bond said multiple people were also injured.
Heavy rain led to high water late Saturday into early Sunday in the Birmingham and Tuscaloosa metropolitan areas in Alabama.
More than 20 people were
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