Gordon pours heavy rain, barrels from Hurricane Florence to Bermuda

The tropical depression Gordon was expected Thursday to pour heavy rains that could cause flooding in the center of the United States, while hurricane Florence, a category 3 storm, was heading for Bermuda, said the National Hurricane Center (NHC).

Torrential rains flooded the streets of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Mississippi as the storm moved north and threatened heavy rains in the Mississippi Valley and Midwest over the next few days, the report said. NHC.

Some areas could receive up to 13 cm of rain on Thursday and cause flash floods, the center said.

The storm, which touched down Tuesday night, caused minimal property damage so far, NHC said, but a two-year-old girl died when a tree fell on a mobile home at Pensacola, Florida.

By Wednesday night, more than 2,000 homes and businesses were out of power as utilities restored the service of tens of thousands of customers in the region.

Energy companies and port operators on the Gulf Coast have taken steps to resume normal operations after Gordon closed 9% of the region's oil and natural gas production.

Oil prices fell about 1% on Wednesday, after fears of a storm subsided.

FOLLOWING TO BERMUDA

In the Atlantic Ocean, Hurricane Florence, a five-run Category 3 storm, headed for Bermuda on Wednesday, bringing sustained maximum winds of 125 mph (205 km / h).

The first major hurricane of the Atlantic season will affect the waves of Bermuda by Friday, but it was too early to say whether it would hit the ground.

"The swell of Florence could also reach the east coast of the United States by the beginning of next week," said NHC.

Florence was 1,990 km east-southeast of Bermuda Wednesday night.

Some weakening is expected in the coming days, "but Florence should remain a powerful hurricane early next week," NHC said.