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Tropical Storm Gordon makes landfall on US Gulf Coast

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Tropical Storm Gordon was making landfall Tuesday night on the US Gulf Coast along the border of Alabama and Mississippi as hurricane warnings remained in place. Authorities declared a state of emergency in both states as well as in the city of New Orleans in Louisiana — devastated in 2005 by mega hurricane Katrina. The Miami-based National Hurricane Center (NHC) said Gordon, which formed near the upper Florida Keys Monday, […]