HOUSTON (Reuters) – More than a quarter of U.S. offshore oil and gas production was shut and export ports were closed on Tuesday as Hurricane Sally stalled just off the U.S. Gulf Coast, pelting the region with heavy rains.
Sally weakened on Tuesday to a Category One hurricane with sustained winds of 80 miles per hour (128 kph), moving at a pace that threatened historic and life-threatening flooding from Mississippi to Florida, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in a late day update
