New Orleans evacuated some residents from areas outside its levee system as Nate, a Category 1 hurricane, the weakest on a five-category scale used by meteorologists, churned towards the central Gulf of Mexico. "By Saturday noon you should be in your safe place," Alabama Governor Kay Ivey told a news conference. Residents fill sandbags in preparation for tropical storm Nate in New Orleans, Louisiana, US, Oct 6, 2017. ReutersNearly three-quarters of US Gulf of Mexico oil production was offline ahead of the storm, and more oil companies halted operations on Friday. Oil production equalling 1.24 million barrels of crude per day is offline, according to BSEE.

Source: bd News24 October 07, 2017 04:07 UTC