Hurricane Sally's winds ratcheted down to tropical storm strength after crashing ashore as a Category 2 hurricane Wednesday, hammering a swath of the Gulf Coast with deluging rain and 105-mph winds.
Sally made landfall before dawn in Gulf Shores, Alabama, about 30 miles from the Florida line. Meandering inland at 3 mph, the storm toppled trees and power lines, battered homes and businesses. Flooding from its unrelenting rains turned streets into rivers, sweeping up cars and washing out bridges.
More than 550,000 homes and businesses were without power in Alabama, Florida and Louisiana. Those numbers were likely to rise as Sally moved deeper inland.
This footage was taken at Gulf Shores Beach, Alabama on September 15th, when Hurricane Sally began bringing it's damage there.