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Forecasters discontinued storm watches across the Gulf Coast and the United States National...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eTropical Storm Karen stalled on Saturday afternoon as it moved toward the US Gulf Coast but still threatened to bring high winds and heavy rains. \u003cbr/\u003eForecasters discontinued storm watches across the Gulf Coast and the United States National Hurricane Centre left only part of the Louisiana coast line under a tropical storm warning. \u003cbr/\u003eThat area extended from Grand Isle to the state line with Mississippi. \u003cbr/\u003eKaren's centre was expected to come ashore late on Saturday night or early Sunday morning. \u003cbr/\u003eIt was expected to weaken and lose tropical-storm status on Sunday.\u003cbr/\u003eAlong the Gulf Coast on Saturday, authorities were preparing for Karen's impact.  \u003cbr/\u003eGuy Laigast, the Director of Emergency Preparedness at the Plaquemines Parish Emergency Operations Centre in Belle Chasse, Louisiana, said the new predictions allowed for some \"breathing room\".\u003cbr/\u003e\"As far as surges yesterday, the predictions were 3 to 5 feet (1 to 1.5 metres) on the east bank of Plaquemines, now they're 1 to 3 feet (0.3 to 1 metres). That allows us a lot of breathing room.\"\u003cbr/\u003eElsewhere in Plaquemines Parish, authorities opened an emergency shelter. \u003cbr/\u003eThe threat of the storm did not keep Ray Walls of Shepherdsville, Kentucky from making a planned trip to Dauphin Island, Alabama.  \u003cbr/\u003e\"There was four of us coming and two of us showed up. The rest of them got a little scared of the storm,\" Wells said.\u003cbr/\u003eAt Pensacola Beach in Florida, surfers and swimmers went into the water despite being told not to. \u003cbr/\u003eThe National Hurricane Centre in Miami said on Saturday afternoon that Karen had not moved for a few hours. \u003cbr/\u003eIt had maximum sustained winds of 40 miles per hour (65 kilometres per hour), making it a weak tropical storm.\u003cbr/\u003eRick Knabb, the Director of the National Hurricane Centre in Miami, noted that \"there is still the potential for some locally heavy rainfall and for some storm surge in coastal areas, but the magnitudes of those hazards greatly reduced.\"\u003cbr/\u003eForecasters expect Karen to resume its northerly track and be near or over portions of south-eastern Louisiana on Saturday night and Sunday.\u003cbr/\u003eIt could speed up into Sunday and is likely to pass near the coasts of Mississippi and Alabama that day. \u003cbr/\u003eDauphin Island, Alabama \u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide of waves crashing against shore\u003cbr/\u003ePensacola Beach, Florida\u003cbr/\u003e2. Wide of surfers riding waves\u003cbr/\u003eBelle Chasse, Louisiana\u003cbr/\u003e3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Guy Laigast, Director of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness for Plaquemines Parish: \u003cbr/\u003e\"The storm has been downgraded tremendously. As far as surges yesterday, the predictions were 3 to 5 feet (1 to 1.5 metres) on the east bank of Plaquemines, now they're 1 to 3 feet (0.3 to 1 metres). That allows us a lot of breathing room.\"\u003cbr/\u003e4. Wide exterior of emergency shelter, Sheriff's vehicle in foreground\u003cbr/\u003e5. Wide of people lying on beds inside shelter\u003cbr/\u003e6. Mid of children sitting on beds inside shelter\u003cbr/\u003eDauphin Island, Alabama \u003cbr/\u003e7. Wide of barricade at beach\u003cbr/\u003e8. Close of  \"closed\" sign on barricade\u003cbr/\u003e9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ray Walls, Visitor from Shepherdsville, Kentucky: \u003cbr/\u003e\"There was four of us coming and two of us showed up. The rest of them got a little scared of the storm.\"\u003cbr/\u003e10. Wide of Walls sitting by shore\u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ray Walls, Visitor from Shepherdsville, Kentucky: \u003cbr/\u003e\"This just looks like a gathering. I don't think it's going to amount to anything.\"\u003cbr/\u003ePensacola Beach, Florida\u003cbr/\u003e12. Wide of surfers riding waves\u003cbr/\u003e13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Alexander Johnson, Pensacola Beach Senior Lifeguard: \u003cbr/\u003e\"Every once in a while you obviously get the people who don't like to be told what to do and, you know, came here to swim and want to swim and are really upset about it, but most people do listen and do understand that, you know, today is not the day - it's not a safe day to be in the water.\"\u003cbr/\u003e14. Close of warning flag, pull to wide of fishing pier\u003cbr/\u003e15. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mark Bulter, Pensacola Beach resident: \u003cbr/\u003e\"We were here for Ivan, Dennis, Katrina, so we're a little gun-shy of any storm that hits in the Gulf. We take them all seriously.\"\u003cbr/\u003eMiami, Florida \u003cbr/\u003e16. Wide of infrared satellite loop of Tropical Storm Karen at 1100 Eastern time (1500 GMT)\u003cbr/\u003e17. SOUNDBITE: (English) Rick Knabb, Director, National Hurricane Centre: \u003cbr/\u003e\"The centre's going to go over Louisiana, and there's still a tropical storm warning in effect for the south-eastern portion of Louisiana, and a tropical storm watch, points to the east of there. That's where Karen is going to make final landfall on the northern Gulf Coast, somewhere, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida panhandle, and then weaken inland by the time we get to Monday.\" \u003cbr/\u003e18. Mid of infrared satellite loop of Karen at 1100 Eastern time (1500 GMT)\u003cbr/\u003e19. SOUNDBITE: (English) Rick Knabb, Director, National Hurricane Centre: \u003cbr/\u003e\"There is still the potential for some locally heavy rainfall and for some storm surge in coastal areas, but the magnitudes of those hazards are greatly reduced. We still could see 1 to 3 feet of coastal flooding due to storm surge in some spots, anywhere from eastern Louisiana around to the Florida 'Big Bend'.\"\u003cbr/\u003e20. 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