<span style="color: #222222;">In the US, slow-moving tropical storm Barry weakened today after making landfall in the southern state Louisiana.<br />''<br />''After briefly becoming the first hurricane of the Atlantic season, Barry was downgraded to a tropical storm following its landfall yesterday.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards warned that Barry could still cause disastrous flooding across a wide stretch of the Gulf Coast of the United States overnight. Edwards warned residents to remain vigilant as it is expected to produce days of heavy rain.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' Flash flood warnings have affected about 11.7 million people in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri and Illinois. </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' Mississippi and Alabama have been hit the hardest so far, with the Alabama city of Mobile reporting a total of 136mm of rain in the last 36 hours.</span><br />'' <br />''