GORDON MAKES LANDFALL, CHILD IN MOBILE HOME STORM’S FIRST FATALITY

Tropical Storm Gordon made landfall west of the Alabama-Mississippi border late Tuesday night spawning multiple possible tornadoes from powerful winds that have already claimed one life in Florida.

The National Weather Service issued several tornado warnings in south Alabama and Northwest Florida after radar indicated possible twisters associated with Gordon. The storm reportedly downed trees and flooded highways as it moved inland but no damage was immediately reported.

Around 8:40 p.m. in Florida’s Escambia County, emergency responders received a call of a downed tree that slammed into a mobile home in Pensacola. The Escambia County Sheriff’s office said its deputies found a deceased child, whose name and age was not released.

No others were injured. The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office is investigating.

Gordon struck land around 10 p.m. and is expected to lose strength as it makes its way inland across the lower Mississippi Valley through Wednesday, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said. It did not reach hurricane status.

The National Weather Service in Mobile cautioned that the Styx River near Elsanor could reach a flood stage later Wednesday.

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