Tropical storm Cristobal make landfall on the Louisiana coast Sunday, packing 85 km/h winds and spinning dangerous weather as far east as northern Florida, where it spawned a tornado that uprooted trees and downed power lines. Cristobal packed top sustained winds of 85 km/h winds nearing the coast but was not expected to reach hurricane strength. Tropical storm Cristobal is seen on a northern track over the Gulf of Mexico in a satellite image taken Sunday. (NOAA handout via Reuters)Sen. John Kennedy said in a news release that President Donald Trump agreed to issue an emergency declaration for Louisiana as the storm approached the coast. With an expected landfall looming in Louisiana, tropical storm warnings stretched from Intracoastal City in Louisiana to the Okaloosa-Walton County line in Florida, the National Hurricane Center said.

Source: CBC News June 07, 2020 19:11 UTC