Under a perfect blue sky, Charleston began to flood. At noon Monday, the tide pushed toward the dunes. It filled the area's rivers and marshlands. It rose higher along The Battery's sea wall. Then like an overfilled cup, the Atlantic poured in.
The storm is headed for the Texas and Louisiana coast, another blow for states in the Gulf that have been hit by five other storms this hurricane season.
Hurricane Sally's incredibly slow pace, which at times was just 3 miles per hour, and its stalling over the Gulf represent a climate change effect that's triggered more destructive and frequent storms.
