Cristobal weakens to tropical depression after hitting US Gulf Coast

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Storm Cristobal has weakened to a tropical depression after crashing ashore as a lopsided tropical storm a day earlier in Louisiana and sparked dangerous weather farther east&comma; sending waves crashing over Mississippi beaches&comma; swamping parts of an Alabama island town and spawning a tornado in Florida&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Cristobal made landfall on Saturday afternoon between the mouth of the Mississippi River and the since-evacuated barrier island resort community of Grand Isle&comma; with 50mph winds&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Making landfall well under hurricane strength&comma; the storm had begun weakening as it moved inland — but heavy rainfall and a storm surge continued along the Gulf Coast&comma; posing a threat across a wide area into the Florida Panhandle&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>With its drenching rain&comma; Cristobal is expected to keep inundating the northern Gulf Coast well into Monday&comma; but all tropical storm warnings have been discontinued&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Cristobal’s forecast path takes it inland through north-eastern Louisiana and south-western Mississippi on Monday&comma; continuing through Arkansas and eastern Missouri on Monday night and Tuesday&comma; and reaching Wisconsin and the western Great Lakes by Wednesday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The National Hurricane Centre in Miami said additional weakening is expected through Tuesday but some strengthening is expected on Tuesday night and Wednesday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"550" data-dnt&equals;"true">&NewLine;<p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr">4am CDT Key Messages on Tropical Depression <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;hashtag&sol;Cristobal&quest;src&equals;hash&amp&semi;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&num;Cristobal<&sol;a>&period; A Storm Surge Warning remains in effect from the mouth of the Mississippi River to Ocean Springs&comma; Mississippi&period; Heavy rain is expected to spread northward during the next few days&period; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;tW4KeFW0gB">https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;tW4KeFW0gB<&sol;a> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;nNDaC9hBsB">pic&period;twitter&period;com&sol;nNDaC9hBsB<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&mdash&semi; National Hurricane Center &lpar;&commat;NHC&lowbar;Atlantic&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;NHC&lowbar;Atlantic&sol;status&sol;1269913551491096576&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">June 8&comma; 2020<&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In New Orleans&comma; the question was how much rain would fall and whether there would be enough breaks in the bands of heavy weather for a beleaguered pumping system to meet its latest test&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Coastal Mississippi news outlets reported stalled cars and trucks as flood waters inundated beaches and crashed over highways&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In Alabama&comma; the bridge linking the mainland to Dauphin Island was closed for much of Sunday&period; Police and state transport department vehicles led convoys of motorists to and from the island when breaks in the weather permitted&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Forecasters said up to 12in of rain could fall in some areas&comma; with storm surges up to 5ft&period; The weather service warned that the rain will contribute to rivers flooding on the central Gulf Coast and up into the Mississippi Valley&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<i>It’s very efficient&comma; very tropical rainfall<&sol;i>&comma;” National Hurricane Centre director Ken Graham said in a Facebook video&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<i>It rains a whole bunch&comma; real quick&period;<&sol;i>”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In Florida&comma; a tornado — the second in two days in the state as the storm approached — uprooted trees and downed power lines on Sunday afternoon south of Lake City&comma; the weather service and authorities said&period; 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