Hurricane Sally Reaches Gulf Coast With Flash-Flood Threat
- System could bring $5 billion in damages and losses to region
- Sally has sparked evacuations from offshore oil platforms
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Hurricane Sally made landfall in U.S. Gulf Coast, where it could inflict as much as $5 billion in damage and losses across Mississippi, Alabama, and the Florida Panhandle from “catastrophic” flooding in the region.
Sally came on land near Gulf Shores, Alabama at 5:45 a.m. New York time Wednesday, according to the National Hurricane Center. The storm had wind speeds of 105 miles (169 kilometers) per hour, making it a Category 2 hurricane on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale, as it moves toward the coast at 3 mph.