DAUPHIN ISLAND, ALA.—Tropical Storm Gordon never became a hurricane but it was deadly all the same, killing a child by blowing a tree onto a mobile home as it made landfall. More than 27,000 homes and business were without power as Tropical Storm Gordon made landfall late Tuesday just west of the Alabama-Mississippi border. The centre predicted total rain amounts of 10 to 20 centimetres in the Florida panhandle and parts of Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa and Illinois. A storm surge covered barrier islands as the storm blew through, and some inland roadways were flooded by the rain. Governors in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana all declared states of emergency to better mobilize state resources and National Guard troops for the storm.

Source: thestar September 05, 2018 12:53 UTC