Nation Short-lived Hurricane Barry weakens to tropical storm, risk of ‘life-threatening’ floods July 13, 2019July 14, 2019Doug Stanglin and Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAYComments Off on Short-lived Hurricane Barry weakens to tropical storm, risk of ‘life-threatening’ floods Barry became a hurricane before its landfall in Louisiana, then weakened. The risk now: floods. Earlier, officials staged an island helicopter rescue.