Hurricane sally inching towards northern Gulf Coast

Alabama, Florida and Mississippi have declared a state of emergency with the incoming of Hurricane Sally and experts are warning people to be safe as a warning of life threatening storm surge and rivel flooding till the stretch of georgia has been released.

Earlier on Tuesday, the hurricane was surrounding the northern Gulf coast with an average speed of 137 km/hr and has high possibilities of tornadoes. The Governor of Louisiana warned the regions in the radar to be ‘smart and safe’. Louisiana is still recovering from the impact of hurricane Laura that arrived last month. The direction has increased fears in New Orleans as well after experts predicted that track of Sally will be moving along the eastward coast.

Dealing with the impact of heavy rains, Alabama and Florida has seen power cuts in more than 20,000 homes and businesses. The authorities have signaled that rains will not be stopping anytime soon as the storm is moving at an extremely slow pace. As per the statement NHC deputy director Ed Rappaport gave to the Associated Press, "Sally has a characteristic that isn't often seen and that's a slow forward speed and that's going to exacerbate the flooding."

It was only last month when hurricane Laura killed at least six people and again with the incoming of floods, the household of people is seriously going to be affected. One of the senior specialists of the National Hurricane centre, Stacy Stewart warned people who love closer to rivers or small streams or creeks as these areas will be severely affected and they will need to evacuate these areas as soon as possible. He said that people will have to prepare for larger areas getting affected by the floods and there is a high possibility of them getting drowned as well.

President Donald Trump has also issued a notice to Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama through his twitter asking residents to listen to the local leaders.

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