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 Category 3 storm at five echelons, headed to Bermuda on Thursday, resulting in sustained maximum winds of 115 mph (185 mph). km / hour).

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 waves generated by Florence will begin to affect Bermuda on Friday and will reach portions of the East Coast of the United States over the weekend," the agency said.

Florence was 1,170 miles east-southeast of Bermuda on Thursday morning.

Florence will continue to weaken over the next few days, but "should remain a strong hurricane for the next few days," NHC said.