Hurricane Sally homes in on US with ‘historic’ flooding expected
This is the seventh major storm to hit the US in 2020, with a coastal surge up to 2m possible and winds already close to 170km/h
New York — Hurricane Sally is edging towards the US Gulf Coast, where it could inflict as much as $5bn in damage and losses across Mississippi, Alabama, and the Florida Panhandle from the “historic” flooding it’s about to unleash on the region.
Sally’s core will come ashore on Wednesday along the Florida Panhandle and Alabama coastline, reducing the threat to New Orleans, but raising worries in Mobile. Hurricane-force winds had begun to spread onshore as of 3am New York time, according to the National Hurricane Centre. The storm’s top winds strengthened to 169km/h, making it a category 2 hurricane on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale, as it moves towards the coast at about 3.2km/h...
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