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Storm Claudette with heavy rain and flooding swept several areas along the American coast, including Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama today.
And the Associated Press quoted meteorologists as saying: The continuous torrential rains caused the water levels to rise in Birmingham and Tuscaloosa in Alabama.
According to the National Hurricane Center, the storm was 135 kilometers southwest of Atlanta and had a speed of 45 kilometers per hour and severely damaged about 50 homes in Alabama.
Meteorologists have warned of mudslides as heavy rain continues across the southwestern and western coastal regions of Mexico today.
