<p>Hurricane Sally was churning slowly towards the coast of the southern US states of Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi on Monday as a Category 1 storm.</p>.<p>The National Hurricane Center said the storm in the Gulf of Mexico was packing maximum sustained winds of around 90 miles (150 kilometers) per hour.</p>.<p>At 1800 GMT, it was located 160 miles southeast of Biloxi, Mississippi, and heading in a west-northwesterly direction at seven mph.</p>.<p>It was expected to make landfall late Tuesday or early Wednesday.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/in-new-orleans-recovering-from-one-storm-and-preparing-for-another-887205.html" target="_blank">In New Orleans, recovering from one storm and preparing for another</a></strong></p>.<p>Governor John Bel Edwards of Louisiana, which is still recovering from Hurricane Laura, which made landfall as a Category 4 storm, said Sally could impact the southeast part of the state and told residents to be prepared.</p>.<p>"Be smart and be safe," he tweeted.</p>.<p>The governors of Alabama and Mississippi both declared a state of emergency ahead of the approaching storm.</p>.<p>Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves said Hurricane Sally was expected to make landfall around Biloxi at 2:00 am (0600 GMT) on Wednesday.</p>.<p>"The storm surge projections continue to be worrisome with anywhere from five to eight feet (1.5 to 2.4 meters) of coastal surge," Reeves said.</p>.<p>"We are continuing to be very concerned about the amount of rainfall," he said, adding that some areas could be drenched in as much as 20 inches of rain.</p>.<p>Sally is one of five active tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean.</p>.<p>The others are Hurricane Paulette, tropical storms Teddy and Vicky and tropical depression Rene.</p>.<p>According to meteorologists, the only other time there were five active tropical cyclones in the Atlantic at the same time was in September 1971.</p>.<p>Hurricane Paulette, a Category 2 storm, pounded the island of Bermuda on Monday with strong winds and heavy rains, according to the NHC.</p>
<p>Hurricane Sally was churning slowly towards the coast of the southern US states of Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi on Monday as a Category 1 storm.</p>.<p>The National Hurricane Center said the storm in the Gulf of Mexico was packing maximum sustained winds of around 90 miles (150 kilometers) per hour.</p>.<p>At 1800 GMT, it was located 160 miles southeast of Biloxi, Mississippi, and heading in a west-northwesterly direction at seven mph.</p>.<p>It was expected to make landfall late Tuesday or early Wednesday.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/in-new-orleans-recovering-from-one-storm-and-preparing-for-another-887205.html" target="_blank">In New Orleans, recovering from one storm and preparing for another</a></strong></p>.<p>Governor John Bel Edwards of Louisiana, which is still recovering from Hurricane Laura, which made landfall as a Category 4 storm, said Sally could impact the southeast part of the state and told residents to be prepared.</p>.<p>"Be smart and be safe," he tweeted.</p>.<p>The governors of Alabama and Mississippi both declared a state of emergency ahead of the approaching storm.</p>.<p>Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves said Hurricane Sally was expected to make landfall around Biloxi at 2:00 am (0600 GMT) on Wednesday.</p>.<p>"The storm surge projections continue to be worrisome with anywhere from five to eight feet (1.5 to 2.4 meters) of coastal surge," Reeves said.</p>.<p>"We are continuing to be very concerned about the amount of rainfall," he said, adding that some areas could be drenched in as much as 20 inches of rain.</p>.<p>Sally is one of five active tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean.</p>.<p>The others are Hurricane Paulette, tropical storms Teddy and Vicky and tropical depression Rene.</p>.<p>According to meteorologists, the only other time there were five active tropical cyclones in the Atlantic at the same time was in September 1971.</p>.<p>Hurricane Paulette, a Category 2 storm, pounded the island of Bermuda on Monday with strong winds and heavy rains, according to the NHC.</p>