Flood threat lingers for truckers in Deep South

Tractor-trailers heading down a highway in the rain.

It’s been a wet week across much of the Deep South and parts of the Gulf Coast, with more rain to come.

New Orleans had a daily record rainfall Tuesday of 3.71 inches, along with a peak wind gust of 56 mph, as strong to severe thunderstorms slammed the region. Flash flooding hit southern Louisiana, and weather likely had a lot to do with a commercial vessel capsizing off the Louisiana coast Tuesday.

Related: News alert: Coast Guard searching for crew of capsized commercial vessel

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