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Tropical Storm Bertha's Louisiana landfall

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DevelopingNext check : Bertha’s landfall and its immediate wind, rain, flooding and outage impacts, along with local hazards and response.

Where it stands

As of July 22, Bertha was hours from landfall in southeastern Louisiana, with officials warning that extreme heat could make storm-related power outages especially dangerous. Local officials had closed floodgates, lowered canals and declared states of emergency; the landfall’s impacts and local response were not yet reported.

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    1. Update 145 mph and 115°F: Tropical Storm Bertha Hits Louisiana Under a Rare Storm-Heat Siege

    The story so far

    1. Update 1

      45 mph and 115°F: Tropical Storm Bertha Hits Louisiana Under a Rare Storm-Heat Siege

      The season's second named storm made a slow afternoon landfall in St. Bernard Parish — and met New Orleans under an extreme heat warning at the same time.

      Still open after this report

      • Whether any of the local response measures cited in the HeyDay narration — floodgate closures, extra pump staffing, parish states of emergency, university class cancellations — actually occurred.
      • Verified storm surge totals along the Louisiana and Mississippi coasts.
      • Whether the moisture plume the HeyDay video flagged for the Mid-Atlantic and Carolinas materializes later this week.

    History

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    Who's involved

    Places

    • Biloxi State Wildlife Management AreaLouisiana 70001, USA1 report
    • Morgan CityMorgan City, LA 70380, USA1 report
    • New OrleansNew Orleans, LA, USA1 report
    • Plaquemines ParishPlaquemines Parish, LA, USA1 report
    • St. Bernard ParishSt. Bernard Parish, LA, USA1 report

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