With parts of the Alabama coast and Florida Panhandle still reeling from Hurricane Sally, a hurricane watch was in effect Saturday for a 300-mile stretch of Texas coast as Tropical Storm Beta slowly strengthens in the Gulf of Mexico and drifts toward the northeast.
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High winds from Hurricane Sally blew this roof off a building in Pensacola Beach, Fla., Friday, Sept. 18, 2020.
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At least two deaths were blamed on Sally, which roared ashore on Wednesday morning, and hundreds of thousands of people were still without power Saturday.
The chances that Beta could become a hurricane decreased Saturday, but it remains one of three active storms in an exceptionally busy Atlantic hurricane season.
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“On the forecast track, the center of Beta will slowly approach the Texas coast Sunday and Monday,” according to the National Hurricane Center. At 7 p.m. CDT, Beta was about 330 miles east-southeast of Corpus Christi, Texas, where it was standing still with sustained winds of 60 mph.
Both the city of Galveston and Galveston County on Saturday issued voluntary evacuation orders ahead of Tropical Storm Beta.
Mayor Pro Tem Craig Brown said in a statement that high tides and up to 10 inches of expected rainfall would leave roads impassable, especially along the city’s west end and low-lying areas.
County Judge Mark Henry said during a Saturday news conference that his concern is also based on rising waters creating a storm surge and that a mandatory evacuation is not expected.
“If you can survive in your home for three or four days without power and electricity, which we’re not even sure that’s going to happen, you’re OK,” Henry said. “If it’s uncomfortable or you need life support equipment, maybe go somewhere else.”
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As the tropical storm pushed toward the Texas and Louisiana coast, the National Hurricane Center issued a hurricane watch along a 285-mile stretch of coast from Port Aransas to High Island. The center said hurricane conditions were possible in the watch area by Monday night.
A tropical storm warning was in effect from Port Aransas, Texas, to Intracoastal City, Louisiana, and a storm surge watch was in effect from Port Mansfield, Texas to Baffin Bay, Texas.
Wind, heavy rainfall and life-threatening surf and rip current conditions were also expected with the storm.
As storms rapidly formed in the Atlantic this season, forecasters quickly ran out of their list of names and had to begin using the Greek alphabet to designate storms for only the second time since the 1950s.
Alpha was a post-tropical cyclone Friday night after bringing rain to Portugal. Tropical Storm Wilfred remained at sea but was 830 miles west-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands with maximum sustained winds at 40 mph.
Meanwhile, Hurricane Teddy remained a powerful hurricane into Saturday, with maximum sustained winds at 130 mph. Teddy was centered 695 miles southeast of Bermuda less than a week after Hurricane Paulette made landfall in the wealthy British territory.
Large swells from Teddy were forecast to impact the Lesser Antilles, the Greater Antilles and the Bahamas, and later Saturday were to spread to Bermuda and the U.S. East Coast.
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Donna Hudson, of Navarro, Fla., doesn’t miss a beat while cleaning up Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, after Hurricane Sally hit the Gulf Coast Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020. “We have much to be thankful for,” Hudson says. “It could have been much worse.”
James Hudson of Navarro, Fla., takes a short break from cleaning up after Hurricane Sally to retrieve Barnie-Banks, one of three Scotties he and his wife, Donna, have Friday, September 18, 2020. “He tried to … see what’s going on,†Donna Hudson said, after the dog decided to escape from the house to visit neighbors working on their damaged property caused when the storm hit the Gulf Coast Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020.
Matt Kelly, of Navarre, clears out damaged items from his garage Friday, Sept. 18, 2020, left after Hurricane Sally hit the Gulf Coast Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020. “I sat up on the porch there and watched it come in,†Kelly said. Kelly lost two cars, a golf cart and a generator still in the box among other items, “but we have our house,†he adds.
Residents of Home Port Drive in Navarro, Fla., deal with the effects of Hurricane Sally Friday, Sept. 18, 2020, after the storm hit the Gulf Coast Wed., Sept. 16, 2020.
Residents of Homeport neighborhood work to clean up damage caused by tidal surge flooding from Hurricane Sally in Navarre Beach, FL. Friday, Sept. 18, 2020.
Q Kona Ice driver passes out free refreshments to Dawn Adams and other residents of the Homeport neighborhood who are cleaning up after Hurricane Sally leaves widespread damage in Navarre Beach, Fla., Friday, Sept. 18, 2020.
Elaine and Jack Hulgan pose for a portrait after riding out the hurricane in their attic, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, in Cantonment, Fla. Rivers swollen by Hurricane Sally’s rains threatened more misery for parts of the Florida Panhandle and south Alabama on Thursday, as the storm’s remnants continued to dump heavy rains inland that spread the threat of flooding to Georgia and the Carolinas.
Kevin Swindle shows the water level in his home after Hurricane Sally left widespread damage in Navarre Beach, FL. Friday, Sept. 18, 2020.
Chaya Kim goes fishing after Hurricane Sally left widespread damage in Navarre Beach, Fla., Friday, Sept. 18, 2020.
Sierra Patterson holds her three-week-old baby Tru Alexander in their flooded apartment where floodwaters reaches two feet inside, after Hurricane Sally moved through, Friday, Sept. 18, 2020.
Fanchiskia Gulley moves toward her apartment after purchasing provisions in the aftermath of Hurricane Sally, Friday, Sept. 18, 2020, in Fla.
Seleka Souls looks over a neighbor’s home that was damaged by Hurricane Sally, Friday, Sept. 18, 2020, in Pensacola, Fla.
High winds from Hurricane Sally blew this roof off a building in Pensacola Beach, FL. Friday, Sept. 18, 2020.
Hurricane Sally causes beach erosion in Pensacola Beach, FL. Friday, Sept. 18, 2020.
Hurricane Sally causes beach erosion in Pensacola Beach, FL. Friday, Sept. 18, 2020.
Hurricane Sally causes beach erosion in Pensacola Beach, FL. Friday, Sept. 18, 2020.
Residents of Homeport neighborhood work to clean up damage caused by tidal surge flooding from Hurricane Sally in Navarre Beach, FL. Friday, Sept. 18, 2020.
Rachel Brawner clears mud from a driveway while cleaning up after Hurricane Sally left widespread damage in Navarre Beach, Fla., Friday, Sept. 18, 2020.
Shirley Swindle describes her experience after Hurricane Sally left widespread damage in Navarre Beach, Fla., Friday, Sept. 18, 2020.
Residents of Homeport neighborhood work to clean up damage caused by tidal surge flooding from Hurricane Sally in Navarre Beach, FL. Friday, Sept. 18, 2020.
Residents of Home port neighborhood work to clean up damage caused by tidal surge flooding from Hurricane Sally in Navarre Beach, Fla., Friday, Sept. 18, 2020.
The tidal surge from Hurricane Sally left widespread damage in Navarre Beach, Fla., Friday, Sept. 18, 2020.
Residents of Homeport neighborhood work to clean up damage caused by tidal surge flooding from Hurricane Sally in Navarre Beach, FL. Friday, Sept. 18, 2020.
Residents of Homeport neighborhood work to clean up damage caused by tidal surge flooding from Hurricane Sally in Navarre Beach, Fla., Friday, Sept. 18, 2020.
Karen Robinson takes a break after cleaning out her apartment in the aftermath of flooding after Hurricane Sally moved through, Friday, Sept. 18, 2020, in , Fla.
A damaged business is seen in the aftermath of Hurricane Sally, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, in Perdido Key, Fla. Rivers swollen by Hurricane Sally’s rains threatened more misery for parts of the Florida Panhandle and south Alabama on Thursday, as the storm’s remnants continued to dump heavy rains inland that spread the threat of flooding to Georgia and the Carolinas.
A car is covered in branches in the aftermath of Hurricane Sally, Friday, Sept. 18, 2020, in Pensacola, Fla. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Neal and Pam Gary begin removing sheetrock from their home in Orange Beach after the storm surge from Hurricane Sally. Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020.
Yolanda Johnson lays out photos in her yard to dry after Hurricane Sally flooded her home in Orange Beach, AL. Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020.
Residents in Orange Beach begin the long process of cleaning up the damage left behind by Hurricane Sally. Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020.
Gary Oliver, Escambia County, Florida, building inspector, documents an eight-unit apartment complex in Perdido Key, Fla., Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, that has been totaled by Hurricane Sally when it storm the Gulf Coast early Wednesday morning, Sept. 16, 2020. According to Oliver, it???s an older unit and not built to code, unable to withstand hurricane-force winds.
Ed Zcmut, left, vice president of Terra Firma, a development firm in Perdido Key, Fla., works with business owner Joe Mirabile, right second floor, to salvage what they can Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, after Hurricane Sally destroyed the building the business was house in.
Yolanda Johnson lays out photos in her yard to dry after Hurricane Sally flooded her home in Orange Beach, AL. Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020.
A damaged painting lies on a lawn in Perdido Key, Fla., on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020. Hurricane Sally made landfall as a Category 2 early Wednesday morning.
Residents in Orange Beach begin the long process of cleaning up the damage left behind by Hurricane Sally. Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020.
Yolanda Johnson lays out photos in her yard to dry after Hurricane Sally flooded her home in Orange Beach, AL. Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020.
Yolanda Johnson lays out photos in her yard to dry after Hurricane Sally flooded her home in Orange Beach, AL. Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020.
Residents in Orange Beach begin the long process of cleaning up the damage left behind by Hurricane Sally. Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020.
Residents in Orange Beach begin the long process of cleaning up the damage left behind by Hurricane Sally. Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020.
Residents in Orange Beach begin the long process of cleaning up the damage left behind by Hurricane Sally. Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020.
Yolanda Johnson lays out photos in her yard to dry after Hurricane Sally flooded her home in Orange Beach, AL. Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020.
A man checks on his truck as it rests on a tree in Perdido Key, Fla., on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020. Hurricane Sally made landfall as a Category 2 early Wednesday morning.
Owner Emile Petro surveys the damage at Oyster Bar Restaurant and Marina in Perdido Key, Fla., on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020. Hurricane Sally made landfall as a Category 2 early Wednesday morning.
Workers look over a damaged ferry, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, in Pensacola, Fla. Rivers swollen by Hurricane Sally’s rains threatened more misery for parts of the Florida Panhandle and south Alabama on Thursday, as the storm’s remnants continued to dump heavy rains inland that spread the threat of flooding to Georgia and the Carolinas.
A man observes the water in Orange Beach, Ala., on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020.
Storm damaged boats sit at the dock in a marina, Sept. 17, 2020, in Pensacola, Fla. Rivers swollen by Hurricane Sally’s rains threatened more misery for parts of the Florida Panhandle and south Alabama on Thursday, as the storm’s remnants continued to dump heavy rains inland that spread the threat of flooding to Georgia and the Carolinas.
Damaged cars rest near Oyster Bar Restaurant and Marina in Perdido Key, Fla., on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020. Hurricane Sally made landfall as a Category 2 early Wednesday morning.
People survey the damage at Oyster Bar Restaurant and Marina in Perdido Key, Fla., on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020. Hurricane Sally made landfall as a Category 2 early Wednesday morning.
Military rescue boats drive under the Theo Baars Bridge in Perdido Key, Fla., on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020. Hurricane Sally made landfall as a Category 2 early Wednesday morning.
Damaged boats sit in Oyster Bar Restaurant and Marina in Perdido Key, Fla., on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020. Hurricane Sally made landfall as a Category 2 early Wednesday morning.
Damaged boats near Oyster Bar Restaurant and Marina in Perdido Key, Fla., on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020. Hurricane Sally made landfall as a Category 2 early Wednesday morning.
A boat sits in the front yard of a home in Perdido Key, Fla., on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020. Hurricane Sally made landfall as a Category 2 early Wednesday morning.
Cars sit in a private canal in Perdido Key, Fla., on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020. Hurricane Sally made landfall as a Category 2 early Wednesday morning.
Jerry Ash talks on his boat in Perdido Key, Fla., on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020. Hurricane Sally made landfall as a Category 2 early Wednesday morning.
Markus Alt talks near his dock in Perdido Key, Fla., on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020. Hurricane Sally made landfall as a Category 2 early Wednesday morning.
A damaged home in Perdido Key, Fla., on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020. Hurricane Sally made landfall as a Category 2 early Wednesday morning.
A tree lies across a road in Perdido Key, Fla., on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020. Hurricane Sally made landfall as a Category 2 early Wednesday morning.
Debris piles up behind a home in a private canal in Perdido Key, Fla., on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020. Hurricane Sally made landfall as a Category 2 early Wednesday morning.
Michael Choron surveys the damage in the canal behind his home in Perdido Key, Fla., on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020. Hurricane Sally made landfall as a Category 2 early Wednesday morning.
A broken boat lift sits in a private canal in Perdido Key, Fla., on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020. Hurricane Sally made landfall as a Category 2 early Wednesday morning.
A private canal near Theo Baars Bridge in Perdido Key, Fla., on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020. Hurricane Sally made landfall as a Category 2 early Wednesday morning.
Ed Zcmut, vice president of Terra Firma, a development firm in Perdido Key, Fla., works with business owner Joe Mirabile, background right second floor, to salvage what they can Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, after Hurricane Sally destroyed the building the business was housed in.
Gary Oliver, Escambia County, Florida, building inspector, documents an eight-unit apartment complex in Perdido Key, Fla., Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, that has been totaled by Hurricane Sally when it storm the Gulf Coast Early Wednesday morning, Sept. 16, 2020. According to Oliver, it’s an older unit and not built to code, unable to withstand hurricane-force winds.
Mike Cutts looks over his family’s garage, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, in Cantonment, Fla. Rivers swollen by Hurricane Sally’s rains threatened more misery for parts of the Florida Panhandle and south Alabama on Thursday, as the storm’s remnants continued to dump heavy rains inland that spread the threat of flooding to Georgia and the Carolinas.
A home damaged by Hurricane Sally on Perdido Beach Blvd. in Perdido Key, Fla., on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020.
A damaged sign on Perdido Beach Blvd. following Hurricane Sally in Perdido Key, Fla., on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020.
Beached boats near Ono Island Bridge in Orange Beach, Fla., on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020.
A beached boat near Ono Island Bridge in Orange Beach, Fla., on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020.
Paul Wade walks down the street as Hurricane Sally leaves widespread damage in Gulf Shores, Ala., Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020.
Buddy Puryear, right, of Graham, N.C., captain of the Sea Hope missionary boat, talks with crew members about when they might be able to set sail Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, after being delayed by Hurricane Sally when the Category 2 storm hit the Gulf Coast. “We rode through it and quite comfortably actually,” Puryear said about staying on the boat during the hurricane. “We did some bumping” about five to ten degrees. The wind was howling a bit, but that was it.” The Sea Hope will head out when the seas calm down with a group of 15 missionaries and 40,000 pounds of rice to Haiti.
With many Gulf Coast stations without power or sold out after Hurricane Sally came ashore early Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, drivers wait in line to buy gas off I-10 in Daphne, Ala., Wednesday evening.
Hurricane Sally leaves widespread damage in Orange Beach, Ala. Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020.
Hurricane Sally leaves widespread damage in Orange Beach, Ala. Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020.
Hurricane Sally leaves widespread damage in Orange Beach, Ala. Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020.
Hurricane Sally leaves widespread damage in Orange Beach, Ala. Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020.
Hurricane Sally leaves widespread damage in Orange Beach, Ala. Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020.
Hurricane Sally leaves widespread damage in Orange Beach, Ala. Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020.
Hurricane Sally leaves widespread damage in Orange Beach, Ala. Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020.
Hurricane Sally leaves widespread damage in Orange Beach, Ala. Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020.
Hurricane Sally leaves widespread damage in Orange Beach, Ala. Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020.
Hurricane Sally leaves widespread damage in Orange Beach, Ala. Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020.
Hurricane Sally leaves widespread damage in Orange Beach, Ala. Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020.
Gerritt Keaton and Amanda Greenler surveying the damage in their neighborhood as Hurricane Sally leaves widespread damage in Orange Beach, Ala. Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020.
Diane Mumford cleaning up debris as Hurricane Sally leaves widespread damage in Orange Beach, Ala. Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020.
Diane Mumford cleaning up debris as Hurricane Sally leaves widespread damage in Orange Beach, Ala. Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020.
Waterline on car bumper as Hurricane Sally leaves widespread damage in Orange Beach, Ala. Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020.
Keira and Zoe Mumford cleaning up debris as Hurricane Sally leaves widespread damage in Orange Beach, Ala. Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020.
Hurricane Sally leaves widespread damage in Orange Beach, Ala. Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020.
Hurricane Sally leaves widespread damage in Orange Beach, Ala. Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020.
Linemen begin working to restore power as Hurricane Sally leaves widespread damage in Gulf Shores, Ala. Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020.
Hurricane Sally leaves widespread damage in Orange Beach, Ala. Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020.
Hurricane Sally leaves widespread damage in Orange Beach, Ala. Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020.
Hurricane Sally leaves widespread damage in Orange Beach, Ala. Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020.
A man using a kayak to travel down the street as Hurricane Sally leaves widespread damage in Orange Beach, AL. Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020.
Linemen begin working to restore power as Hurricane Sally leaves widespread damage in Gulf Shores, AL. Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020.
Hurricane Sally leaves widespread damage in Orange Beach, Ala. Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020.
Hurricane Sally leaves widespread damage in Orange Beach, Ala. Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020.
A man walks with his bicycle through a street flooded by rains from Hurricane Sally in downtown Pensacola, Fla. on Sept. 16, 2020.
The Flora-Bama Lounge in Orange Beach, Alabama and Perdido Key, Florida as Hurricane Sally leaves widespread damage across the Gulf Coast. Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020.
The rains from tropical storm Sally lash the state capitol building in Montgomery, Ala., on Wednesday afternoon September 16, 2020.
Joel Sterling of Silverhill, Ala., cuts branches from a tree that fell in his yard as Hurricane Sally passed through. We started serious watching it about 2 o’clock,” Sterling said of the storm. “By 4 o’clock, we knew it was a doozy.”
Escambia Fire Rescue crews on scene making water rescues at the Forest Creek apartments on Wednesday.
Floodwaters move on the street, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, in Pensacola, Fla. Hurricane Sally made landfall Wednesday near Gulf Shores, Alabama, as a Category 2 storm, pushing a surge of ocean water onto the coast and dumping torrential rain that forecasters said would cause dangerous flooding from the Florida Panhandle to Mississippi and well inland in the days ahead.
With his wife behind the wheel, Jason Baker, of Visor, Texas, tries to get his truck going while at a Pilot station off I-10 in Theodore, Ala., just west of Mobile, Ala., Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020. Early Wednesday morning, he and his wife stopped for gas when the wind from Hurricane Sally kicked up. They knew the awning was going to fall and they got the truck out from under it. “An hour or so later, the whole thing fell down right in front of the truck,” Baker said. “It was probably 4 o’clock in the morning when the whole thing went down.” The Bakers are on their way to Georgia for work.
Beach erosion in Gulf Shores as Hurricane Sally leaves widespread damage along the Gulf Coast. Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020. Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020.
Hurricane Sally leaves widespread damage in Orange Beach, Ala., Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020.
The Flora-Bama Lounge in Orange Beach, Alabama and Perdido Key, Florida as Hurricane Sally leaves widespread damage across the Gulf Coast. Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020.
Hurricane Sally leaves widespread damage in Gulf Shores, AL. Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020.
The National Guard arrives as Hurricane Sally leaves widespread damage in Gulf Shores, AL. Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020.
Beach erosion in Gulf Shores as Hurricane Sally leaves widespread damage along the Gulf Coast. Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020. Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020.
Hurricane Sally leaves widespread damage in Gulf Shores, AL. Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020.
Hurricane Sally leaves widespread damage in Gulf Shores, AL. Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020.
Hurricane Sally leaves widespread damage in Gulf Shores, AL. Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020.
Hurricane Sally leaves widespread damage in Gulf Shores, Ala,. Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020.
The National Guard arrives as Hurricane Sally leaves widespread damage in Gulf Shores, AL. Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020.
Hurricane Sally leaves widespread damage in Gulf Shores, AL. Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020.
The Flora-Bama Lounge in Orange Beach, Alabama and Perdido Key, Florida as Hurricane Sally leaves widespread damage across the Gulf Coast. Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020.
Hurricane Sally leaves widespread damage in Gulf Shores, AL. Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020.
Hurricane Sally leaves widespread damage along the Gulf Coast. Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020.
A house at the corner of Alabama State Route 59 and Municipal Park Drive, Loxley, Ala., is overtaken by floodwater Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, after Hurricane Sally hit shore early that morning.
Drew Bailey and his son Matthew Bailey, 13, fill gas cans at a station in Loxley, Ala., Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, “We got to clean up around a property in Orange Beach,” Drew Bailey said. When asked if they were hit badly, he replied, “Two trees against the house and one came through the roof, so yeah, a little bit.”
People stock up on ice and other items at a damaged convenience store after Hurricane Saly passed near Spanish Fort, Alabama, Wednesday morning Sept. 16, 2020.
Blake Hess wades through flood water outside his home along Scenic Highway as Hurricane Sally moves through Pensacola on Wednesday.
Chris Tecumseh saves his University of Oklahoma flag from the debris along Scenic Highway as Hurricane Sally moves through Pensacola on Wednesday.
“Downtown Dave” Presnell looks out while cleaning up the debris from his home and neighbors along Scenic Highway as Hurricane Sally moves through Pensacola on Wednesday.
Hurricane Sally causes major damage to a commercial building in Brownsville after making landfall in the area on Wednesday.
A Pensacola law enforcement officer works to remove a fallen tree from the roadway on U.S. 98 after Hurricane Sally blasted the area on Wednesday.
The rains from tropical storm Sally hit downtown Montgomery, Ala., on Wednesday afternoon September 16, 2020.
The winds and rain from tropical storm Sally lash Montgomery, Ala., on Wednesday afternoon September 16, 2020.
A boat and debris were washed into a building in Orange Beach on Wednesday.
Salvador Hurtado of Silverhill, Alabama clears trees from a road after Hurricane Sally came through the area on Sept. 16, 2020 and toppled trees throughout the town.
According to eyewitness Jason Baker of Visor, Texas, the wind from Hurricane Sally kicked up, taking the awning at a Pilot station in Theodore, Ala., about 4 a.m., Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020. Baker and his wife, attempting to get gas, were under it when the wind got so bad, they got out with their truck. “An hour or so later, the whole thing fell down right in front of the truck,”Baker said. The Bakers were passing through, on their way to Georgia for work.
Trent Airhart wades through flood waters, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, in downtown Pensacola, Fla. Hurricane Sally made landfall Wednesday near Gulf Shores, Alabama, as a Category 2 storm, pushing a surge of ocean water onto the coast and dumping torrential rain that forecasters said would cause dangerous flooding from the Florida Panhandle to Mississippi and well inland in the days ahead.
A downed tree pins a car in Gulf Shores, Alabama, after Hurricane Sally made landfall on Sept. 16, 2020.
Debris and flood damage in Orange Beach, Ala., from Hurricane Sally on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020.
Flood waters move on the street, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, in downtown Pensacola, Fla. Hurricane Sally made landfall Wednesday near Gulf Shores, Alabama, as a Category 2 storm, pushing a surge of ocean water onto the coast and dumping torrential rain that forecasters said would cause dangerous flooding from the Florida Panhandle to Mississippi and well inland in the days ahead.
Hurricane Sally leaves widespread damage in Orange Beach, Ala. Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020.
Hurricane Sally leaves widespread damage in Orange Beach on Wednesday.
Hurricane Sally leaves widespread damage in Orange Beach, Ala., Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020.
Hotel guests survey the flooding from Hurricane Sally, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, in Pensacola, Fla. Hurricane Sally made landfall Wednesday near Gulf Shores, Alabama, as a Category 2 storm, pushing a surge of ocean water onto the coast and dumping torrential rain that forecasters said would cause dangerous flooding from the Florida Panhandle to Mississippi and well inland in the days ahead.
A man watches flood waters, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, in downtown Pensacola, Fla. Hurricane Sally made landfall Wednesday near Gulf Shores, Alabama, as a Category 2 storm, pushing a surge of ocean water onto the coast and dumping torrential rain that forecasters said would cause dangerous flooding from the Florida Panhandle to Mississippi and well inland in the days ahead.
Flood water from Shelby Lake and Little Lagoon cover Gulf Shores Parkway on Wednesday.
Floos waters move on the street, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, in Pensacola, Fla. Hurricane Sally made landfall Wednesday near Gulf Shores, Alabama, as a Category 2 storm, pushing a surge of ocean water onto the coast and dumping torrential rain that forecasters said would cause dangerous flooding from the Florida Panhandle to Mississippi and well inland in the days ahead.
Debris and flood damage in Orange Beach from Hurricane Sally on Wednesday.
Debris and flood damage in Orange Beach, Ala., from Hurricane Sally on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020.
Debris and flood damage in Orange Beach, Ala., from Hurricane Sally on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020.
Debris and flood damage in Orange Beach from Hurricane Sally on Wednesday.
Debris and flood damage in Orange Beach, Ala., from Hurricane Sally on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020.
A boat and debris were washed ashore in Orange Beach, Ala., from Hurricane Sally on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020.
Debris and flood damage in Orange Beach, Ala., from Hurricane Sally on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020.
With flood water running through the streets people move outside a hotel for a view, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, in Pensacola, Fla. Hurricane Sally made landfall Wednesday near Gulf Shores, Alabama, as a Category 2 storm, pushing a surge of ocean water onto the coast and dumping torrential rain that forecasters said would cause dangerous flooding from the Florida Panhandle to Mississippi and well inland in the days ahead.
Flood waters move on the street Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, in Pensacola, Fla. Hurricane Sally made landfall Wednesday near Gulf Shores, Alabama, as a Category 2 storm, pushing a surge of ocean water onto the coast and dumping torrential rain that forecasters said would cause dangerous flooding from the Florida Panhandle to Mississippi and well inland in the days ahead.
Flood waters move on the street, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, in downtown Pensacola, Fla. Hurricane Sally made landfall Wednesday near Gulf Shores, Alabama, as a Category 2 storm, pushing a surge of ocean water onto the coast and dumping torrential rain that forecasters said would cause dangerous flooding from the Florida Panhandle to Mississippi and well inland in the days ahead.
Flood water from Shelby Lake and Little Lagoon cover Gulf Shores Parkway. Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020.
Sparse traffic is seen, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, in downtown Mobile, Ala. Hurricane Sally made landfall Wednesday near Gulf Shores, Alabama, as a Category 2 storm, pushing a surge of ocean water onto the coast and dumping torrential rain that forecasters said would cause dangerous flooding from the Florida Panhandle to Mississippi and well inland in the days ahead.
Flood waters move on the street, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, in downtown Pensacola, Fla. Hurricane Sally made landfall Wednesday near Gulf Shores, Alabama, as a Category 2 storm, pushing a surge of ocean water onto the coast and dumping torrential rain that forecasters said would cause dangerous flooding from the Florida Panhandle to Mississippi and well inland in the days ahead.
A building was heavily damaged near Gulf Shores Parkway.
A gas station on Gulf Shores Parkway partially collapsed under Hurricane Sally winds on Wednesday, Sept. 16.
Water floods South Trammell Street after Hurricane Sally passes through in Atmore, Ala., on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020.
Cars pass through the flooded intersection of Nashville Ave. and Medical Park Ave. in Atmore, Ala., on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020.
Cars pass a flooded sidewalk after Hurricane Sally passes through in Atmore, Ala., on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020.
Downed trees and power lines after Hurricane Sally passes through in Atmore, Ala., on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020.
Downed tree after Hurricane Sally passes through in Atmore, Ala., on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020.
Cars pass through the flooded intersection of Nashville Ave. and Medical Park Ave. in Atmore, Ala., on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020.
A downed awning on North Hoyle Street in Bay Minette, Ala., on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020.
Businesses and sign along Gulf Shores Parkway appeared to sustain heavy winds as Hurricane Sally made landfall on Wednesday.
A wind-damaged sign along Gulf Shores Park after Hurricane Sally made landfall.
Flood waters move on the street, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, in Pensacola, Fla. Hurricane Sally made landfall Wednesday near Gulf Shores, Alabama, as a Category 2 storm, pushing a surge of ocean water onto the coast and dumping torrential rain that forecasters said would cause dangerous flooding from the Florida Panhandle to Mississippi and well inland in the days ahead.
Flood waters move on the street, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, in downtown Pensacola, Fla. Hurricane Sally made landfall Wednesday near Gulf Shores, Alabama, as a Category 2 storm, pushing a surge of ocean water onto the coast and dumping torrential rain that forecasters said would cause dangerous flooding from the Florida Panhandle to Mississippi and well inland in the days ahead.
United Cajun Navy, a volunteer group, observed a number of locations affected in Orange Beach, including Summer House complex, SALT Coastal Outfitters, and the Orange Beach Store.
Micheal Edmonds’ Gulf Shores business sustained some exterior damage as Hurricane Sally made landfall Wednesday.
Hurricane Sally downed trees and took out power in Gulf Shores, Alabama, on Wednesday morning.
A Gulf Shores apartment complex parking lot flooded as Hurricane Sally made landfall early Wednesday morning.
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Areas along the Florida panhandle were still coping with the effects of Hurricane Sally. In Escambia County, where Pensacola is located, county administrator Janice Gilley said Friday that power outages were causing accidents on the roadways as drivers ignored four-way stop rules. “Please, please, please, do not be on the roads if it’s not an emergency, and you don’t have to,” she said.
Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan said people should only leave their homes to get fuel or food or if it is an emergency.
“If you’re out looking at damage and devastation, you are part of our problem right now,” Morgan said. “Stay at home unless you’re out getting food or gas for your generators and your vehicles. Stay at home. Do not leave unless it is an emergency situation, and in that case, call us. All of our ambulances and those sorts of things are up and running.”
Contributing: Jim Little, Pensacola News Journal; Associated Press
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Tropical Storm Beta expected to slowly drift toward Texas coast; recovery from Sally continues
