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  • "The threat of destructive winds and deadly storm increases."
  • There is a 90% chance that a tropical depression will form in the next 48 hours.
  • Torrential rains could cause life-threatening floods.

The second storm of the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season is expected to form Wednesday or Thursday along the Gulf Coast.

The weather system, which currently runs off the coast of Florida, could form a tropical depression or tropical storm. If the winds of the depression reach 39 mph, it would become Tropical Storm Barry.

But his eventual fate could be stronger: "This system could become a dangerous hurricane," said the National Weather Service of Lake Charles, Louisiana, on its Facebook page Tuesday. "The threat of destructive winds and deadly storm increases."

The National Hurricane Center (National Hurricane Center) said Wednesday morning that there was a 90% chance that a tropical depression will form in the next 48 hours in the Gulf of Mexico.

Rain and much of it seem to be the main threat of the storm.

"Regardless of the eventual trajectory and intensity of the system, heavy rainfall is expected from Florida up to the upper Texas coast, in the lower Mississippi Valley, in the most of Louisiana and in eastern Texas, "said the center of the hurricane 8. am advisory.

According to CNN meteorologist Dave Hennen, it's possible to rain up to 10 to 15 inches of rain.

Dan Kottlowski, Meteorologist at AccuWeather, said: "At the moment, our biggest concern is torrential rains that could lead to life-threatening floods."

New Orleans officials are monitoring the impact of storm surges on the Mississippi River, AccuWeather said.

Tropical systems are occasional visitors to the United States in July: the last hurricane of July to hit the American continent was Hurricane Arthur in North Carolina in 2014, according to Colorado State University meteorologist Phil Klotzbach .

"The tropical storm last July was Tropical Storm Emily in Florida in 2017," he said.

The strongest storm that recently hit the United States in the United States in July was Hurricane Dennis, which hit West Florida on July 10, 2005 as a Category 3 hurricane, declared the weather channel.

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