Tropical storm Edouard triggered a hurricane watch by US weather officials early Monday as it churned
westward toward Louisiana and Texas on the US Gulf
coast.
The National Hurricane Center
in Miami, Florida,
issued a tropical storm warning for Edouard westward from the mouth of the
Mississippi River, near New Orleans,
with the blast expected to make landfall over the next 24 hours.
The tropical storm watch was replaced by a hurricane watch
west of Intracoastal City, Louisiana,
to Port O'Connor, Texas,
with hurricane conditions possible within the next 36 hours.
Edouard's center was currently located about 125 kilometres
south-south-east of the mouth of the Mississippi River.
It was expected to reach the upper Texas coast
or the coast of southwestern Louisiana
by Tuesday morning.
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