Instant Alert: Tropical Storm Gordon has slammed into the Gulf Coast, killing a child — here's what it looks like on the ground

MANAGE SUBSCRIPTIONS   |   UNSUBSCRIBE   |   VIEW ONLINE   Tropical Storm Gordon has slammed into the Gulf Coast, killing a child — here's what it looks like on the ground by Jeremy Berke on Sep 5, 2018, 12:33 PM Advertisement Tropical Storm Gordon made landfall Tuesday night, slamming into the Alabama-Mississippi border with heavy rains, a storm surge, and flooding. Coastal communities such as Dauphin Island in Alabama and Shell Beach, Mississippi were among the hardest hit. The National Hurricane Center issued a storm surge warning for those and other areas along the Mississippi and Alabama coastlines, and sea levels rose as much as five feet there on Tuesday night. Though Gordon weakened from a category 1 hurricane — which has a minimum wind speed of 74 miles per hour — to a tropical depression before it made landfall, the storm unfortunately still claimed the life of a young child when a tree fell on a mobile home in Pensacola, Florida, according to local officials.  Had the storm remained a hurricane when it hit land, it would have been the first hurricane to make landfall in the US in the 2018 hurricane season. The storm is expected to continue lashing the region through Saturday, according to the National Hurricane Center.  Some areas in the storm's track could see a total of over 12 inches of rain through the week.  Here's what the damage looks like in Alabama and Mississippi: SEE ALSO: A dramatic seaweed invasion has hit coastlines across Florida and the Caribbean, killing wildlife — here's what it looks like on the ground SEE ALSO: Tropical Storm Gordon strengthens and churns toward the Gulf Coast with heavy rains Tropical Storm Gordon strengthened as it passed Florida and entered the Gulf of Mexico over the weekend. Luckily, by the time it made landfall on the Alabama-Mississippi border, the storm had been downgraded to a tropical depression, with wind speeds of around 30 miles per hour. By Tuesday, the storm brought large waves, storm surges, and heavy rains to coastal counties around the Alabama-Mississippi border. Source: The National Hurricane Center See the rest of the story at Business Insider   Share the latest business news with your network:    Email sent to: nguyenvu1187.love5@blogger.com   |   Manage your email preferences   |   Unsubscribe Terms of Service   |   Privacy Policy Business Insider. 150 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10011