Tropical Storm Sally, the 18th named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, was positioned to strengthen into a hurricane as it barreled toward the Gulf Coast, the National Hurricane Center said on Sunday. The storm was expected to reach hurricane strength by late Monday, bringing dangerous winds, rains and flooding beyond its path, including to areas still reeling from Hurricane Laura. “Anytime you get a hurricane, it’s a bad thing, and this is going to have impacts on a big population area,” said Dennis Feltgen, a spokesman for the National Hurricane Center. “People need to be activating their hurricane plan right now and getting ready for this hurricane.”Forecasters expected the center of the storm to move over the north-central Gulf of Mexico on Sunday night and to approach the north-central Gulf Coast late Monday before moving farther inland over southeastern Louisiana on Tuesday and Tuesday night.

Source: New York Times September 13, 2020 17:48 UTC