Beaches closed and sandbags filled as Tropical Storm Bertha approaches the Gulf Coast0

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• July 22, 2026

Communities along the U.S. Gulf Coast distributed sandbags and closed beaches as Tropical Storm Bertha threatened to bring flooding and high winds Wednesday from the Florida Panhandle to Louisiana. Bertha was forecast to make landfall Wednesday night in the sparsely populated coastal part of Louisiana southeast of New Orleans, with wind the biggest threat, according