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system, named Tropical Depression Nine, was about 375 miles (600
km) east-southeast of Port Mansfield, Texas, and was packing
maximum sustained winds of 35 miles per hour (55 kph), the
Miami-based hurricane center said.
It could cause coastal flooding along the south Texas coast
between Monday night and Tuesday morning.
The depression will likely bring 3 to 5 inches (7.6 to 12.7 cm)
of rainfall, with isolated higher amounts of 7 inches (17.8 cm)
on Tuesday and Wednesday, the hurricane center said.
There are a total of five storm systems now swirling in the
Atlantic Ocean, with U.S. forecasters recently saying they now
expect a more dangerous Atlantic storm season than previously
projected.
Tropical storms are closely watched, especially in the Gulf of
Mexico, because of the threat they pose to offshore oil and
natural gas production in the United States and Mexico.
Offshore operations in the U.S.-regulated northern Gulf of
Mexico accounts for 15% of total crude oil production and 5% of
total dry natural gas output.
(Reporting by Harshit Verma, Rahul Paswan and Ashitha
Shivaprasad in Bengaluru; editing by Jonathan Oatis and Sandra
Maler)
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