Hurricane Sally made landfall on Alabama’s Gulf Coast on Wednesday morning as a Category 2 hurricane, spreading strong winds inland and toppling power lines across southeastern Alabama and western Florida.
Upon landfall, winds were clocked at 105 miles per hour able to cause extensive damage, according to the Saffir-Simpson scale.
The hurricane also poses the risk of “catastrophic and life-threatening” flooding along portions of the north-central Gulf Coast, the National Hurricane Center said in an advisory.
Videos posted on social media appeared to show some areas in the region had started to flood.
About 150,000 homes as well as businesses in Alabama and Florida were already without power on Tuesday evening.
