After rash of storms, flooding hits Florida, Alabama

Source: www.pbs.org - Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Deadly tornadoes ripped across Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Mississippi and have caused severe flooding in parts of the Florida Panhandle. Rodney Stanford works on removing a tree that is resting on a home after a tornado struck Tupelo, Mississippi, on Monday. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images This post was updated at 6:13 p.m. EDT. “We were expecting a typical rain storm, there was no forecast that this is what would happen. I don’t think anyone evacuated beforehand. We just expected our yards to be flooded. Schools are canceled again for tomorrow.” We spoke with Troy Moon of the Pensacola News Journal on the recent sprint weather storms have impacted the area. We’ll have more on the storms Wednesday night during the NewsHour broadcast. The giant storm system that violently swept across Oklahoma, Mississippi and Arkansas last weekend has evolved into widespread flooding in the Florida Panhandle and Alabama Gulf Coast on Wednesday. The death toll from the storms has grown to 36 so far. The National Weather Service said that as much as 22 inches of rain had fallen in Pensacola, Florida, as of Wednesday morning, with more rain to be expected throughout the day. Average annual rainfall for Pensacola is 65 inches, which means the city received one-third of that rainfall in one day. Police and crews are struggling to respond to distress calls efficiently because of heavy flooding in the area. One woman died when she drove into high waters,

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