Newly formed Tropical Storm Sally has become better organized and is forecast to reach hurricane strength before it strikes the U.S. Gulf Coast early in the week.
Tropical Storm Sally formed Saturday off south Florida amid forecasts it would grow into a hurricane capable of striking the U.S. Gulf Coast in coming days with high winds and a life-threatening storm surge.
Late Saturday, Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards declared a state of emergency ahead of the storm, and officials in the New Orleans area issued a mandatory evacuation order for areas outside levee protection, including Venetian Isles, Lake Catherine and Irish Bayou. The evacuation order was set to go into effect at 6 p.m. Sunday.
Sally became the earliest 18th-named storm on record in an Atlantic hurricane season, besting Stan when it formed Oct. 2, 2005, said Colorado State hurricane researcher Phil Klotzbach.A tropical storm watch has been extended westward from the Okaloosa-Walton county line in Florida to the Alabama-Florida line.
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