Live updates: Tropical Storm Bertha makes landfall in Louisiana, flooding hits Virginia & Carolinas - FOX Weather

What the report says

Fox Weather reported that Tropical Storm Bertha made landfall in Louisiana and continued moving west along the Gulf Coast late Wednesday, bringing storm surge, gusty winds and hazardous surf to parts of the northern Gulf. The outlet’s live coverage said the National Hurricane Center placed Bertha about 75 miles southwest of New Orleans and 135 miles east-southeast of Lake Charles, Louisiana, in its 11 p.m. ET advisory, with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph and westward movement at 12 mph.

According to Fox Weather, tropical storm alerts shifted west as the system tracked near the Louisiana coast. By late Wednesday, a Tropical Storm Warning covered the Alabama/Mississippi border westward to Sargent, Texas, including metropolitan New Orleans and Lake Pontchartrain. Earlier warnings east of the Alabama/Mississippi border were dropped as the storm moved away, while the National Hurricane Center expected Bertha to approach the upper Texas coast Thursday before weakening over inland Texas by Thursday night or Friday.

Fox Weather also reported storm-related impacts across the Gulf region, including dangerous surf that closed Alabama beaches and wind damage in Panama City, Florida, where a Waffle House sign fell onto parked vehicles. Sea turtle patrol groups in Florida told the outlet that surge and overwash damaged nests, including all seven nests monitored at Alligator Point and most nests monitored in the Destin-Fort Walton Beach area.

The article’s headline and snippet also referenced flooding in Virginia and the Carolinas from a separate severe weather threat, with flash flooding concerns in the Carolinas. The provided text offers limited detail on that system, but the combination of tropical coastal hazards and inland flooding threats underscores the broad weather risks affecting the Southeast.