Downgraded to a tropical storm by Wednesday afternoon (September 16), Sally's strong winds battered Alabama and Florida as the center moved over the Panhandle.<br /><br />The hurricane killed at least one person in Orange Beach, Alabama, located in the state's eastern Gulf Coast between Mobile and Pensacola.<br />Flooding, as the slow storm dumped intense rains, has proven to be Sally's most dangerous: "Historic and catastrophic flooding, including widespread moderate to major river flooding, is unfolding," forecasters say. <br /><br />Sally, which made landfall at 4:45 a.m. with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph near Gulf Shores, Alabama, was downgraded to a tropical depression late Wednesday night with 35 mph winds.
