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More Than Half a Million People Without Power After Hurricane Sally Rips
Through US Gulf Coast

VOA News

   More than 500,000 residents in the coastal areas of the states of
   Alabama and Florida were without power Thursday after Hurricane Sally
   blew over the region, leaving a trail of destruction.

   Sally made landfall early Wednesday as a Category 2 hurricane near city
   of Gulf Shores, Alabama, and slowly made its way across the state and
   into Florida's panhandle region. The storm's 165 kilometer-per-hour
   winds and torrential rains flooded several small towns, knocked down
   power lines and destroyed homes and businesses.

   Tony Kennon, the mayor of Orange Beach, Alabama, told news outlets the
   storm left one resident dead and another missing.

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