CBS News: Tropical Storm Lee - downgraded to a tropical depression - has dropped a foot of rain in some places, spreading the risk of flash flooding as it heads north, especially in Louisiana. The storm left 13 inches in New Orleans and 15 inches in the metro areas, and spawned tornadoes in Lilliana.Jackson, Miss., has gotten more than ten inches of rain. The storm is expected to bring between four and eight inches of rain as it crosses over into Alabama tomorrow. CBS News correspondent Bigad Shaban reporting Monday from Crown Point, La., said while the storm is expected to die down this morning, coastal communities are suffering the effects of storm surge, turning homes into tiny islands.
Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser told "The Early Show" that water is still coming over the levee there. "Highway 23 is completely underwater, cut our parish in half," he said. Nungesser said it was not as bad as Hurricane Katrina, but said that with water pounding on the levee for three days, "it was inevitable the levee would be overtopped. " He said about 5,000 people were stranded in South Plaquemine.
While Lee's winds have lost some of their punch, forecasters warn that its slow-moving rain clouds pose a worse flooding threat to inland areas with hills or mountains in the coming days....
Tropical Storm Lee on September 3, 2011, just off the coast of Louisiana
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