U.S.Gulf Coast residents from Louisiana to Florida should prepare for Tropical Storm Sally, which is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane before making landfall on Tuesday.There is uncertainty over the specific timing and location of Sally’s landfall, as well as its ultimate intensity level.
Severe weather conditions will last, however, for several days in multiple states.The NHC warns Sally will generate destructive hurricane-force winds; torrential rain; life-threatening storm surge; flash flooding; isolated tornadoes; and widespread power outages.Sally will be the eighth named storm to make landfall in the continental U.S.
this hurricane season.Previous 2020 landfalls include Hurricanes Hanna, Isaias and Laura as well as Tropical Storms Bertha, Cristobal, Fay and Marco.Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida residents in the path of Sally should take the following precautions:
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