Tropical Storm Lee threatens Southeast US with heavy rain
By Kathy Finn | China Daily | Updated: 2011-09-06 08:18
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Residents travel through flooded streets by boat and car as Tropical Storm Lee slowly makes landfall in Lafitte, Louisiana, on Sunday. The rains could bring to the Tennessee Valley and Appalachian Mountains the same kind of flash flooding seen recently in Vermont after Hurricane Irene. Dan Anderson / Reuters |
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana - After testing New Orleans' flood defenses over the weekend, Tropical Storm Lee moved northeast on Monday after weakening to a tropical depression, and threatened to bring heavy rains and flooding to a large section of the southeastern United States.
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