Tropical Storm Cristobal downgraded to a tropical depression Monday morning as it continued to spiral north into Louisiana after a weekend that plagued Florida with tornado warnings including an EF1 tornado that damaged homes in Orlando.
Louisiana and parts of the western area of the Florida panhandle were hammered by heavy rain and storm surge along the Gulf Coast as the storm made landfall on Sunday.
As of 8 a.m., the National Hurricane Center said the center of Cristobal is 50 miles south-southeast of Monroe, Louisiana, and the tropical depression has maximum sustained winds of 35 mph and moving north-northwest at 10 mph.
Wind gusts are expected to continue for the next few hours along the Gulf Coast including parts of the Florida panhandle.
Also as of Monday morning, the NHC suspended its tropical storm warnings as well as a storm surge warning that extended into Florida.