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Monday morning, Claudette has maximum sustained winds of 40 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC). It is expected to move into the Atlantic Ocean later in the morning, then travel near or south of Nova Scotia on Tuesday.Īs of 5 a.m. Flash flooding was reported in parts of Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana and the Florida Panhandle as of early Saturday afternoon, the National Weather Service said.Īlthough the storm was downgraded to a tropical depression on Saturday afternoon after producing rainfall totals of as much as 15 inches in some areas, it regained tropical storm status on Monday morning as it neared the coast of the Carolinas. The storm, which originated in the Gulf of Mexico last week, made landfall in Alabama early Saturday morning. Tropical Storm Claudette is expected to regain strength as it moves to the coast of the Carolinas after pummelling the Gulf Coast and the southeastern United States over the weekend.