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The US National Hurricane Center described it as a “historic and catastrophic” flood.
Hurricane Sally uprooted trees, flooded roads and left hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses without power, Reuters reported.
Sally touched down off the Alabama coast in the Gulf of Mexico early Wednesday morning as a 2 degree hurricane, then lost power in the afternoon and turned into a tropical storm. Continuous wind speed decreases to 113 kilometers per hour.
One person is believed to have died in the storm in Alabama.
Trent Johnson, a police officer from Orange Beach, Alabama, said a body had been found floating in the water and that they thought the death was related to a hurricane, but there was no specific evidence.
The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said more than 19 inches of rain fell in 24 hours, submerging parts of the Gulf Coast, with more rain expected as the storm subsides.
The coastal areas of Pensacola, Florida, have been submerged by 1.5 meters of water. Roads and bridges have been damaged and communication has been interrupted. The storm uprooted huge oak trees and downed power lines, leaving more than 500,000 homes and businesses in and around Pensacola without power.
Several residents of the Alabama and Florida coasts say they have fallen into disrepair due to damage from slow storms.
Jordan Muse, 35, who works at the Pensacola Holiday Inn Hotel, said floodwaters rose to a peak around 8 a.m. The hotel had no electricity or running water.
“The situation will be so bad that our manager will not understand, it is raining a lot and there is a big storm,” said Muse.
“People ran to the hotel and bought everything they could find,” he said.
A large part of the Pensacola Bay Bridge, also known as the “Three Mile Bridge,” has been razed, Florida Governor Ron Desantis said at a news conference.
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