Storm warning in Louisiana

TROPICAL Storm Matthew, the 13th named storm of the 2004 hurricane season, flooded roads and homes across southeastern Louisiana as it blew toward the Gulf of Mexico with high tides and torrential rainfall.

The National Hurricane Centre issued a tropical storm warning on Saturday for residents from Intracoastal City to the Alabama-Florida border.

The town of Houma received 18.3 centimetres of rain in 24 hours and tides were up to 1.2 metres above normal, causing flooding in coastal towns.