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Tropical Storm Gordon Makes Landfall Along the Gulf Coast (PHOTOS)

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Pieces of an oak tree are seen after it fell on a mobile home killing a child in Pensacola, Fla., Wednesday, Sept. 5 2018. Tropical Storm Gordon never became a hurricane and is now a depression, dumping rain across several southern states. (Bill Kaczor via AP)

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Pieces of an oak tree are seen after it fell on a mobile home killing a child in Pensacola, Fla., Wednesday, Sept. 5 2018. Tropical Storm Gordon never became a hurricane and is now a depression, dumping rain across several southern states. (Bill Kaczor via AP)

Tropical Storm Gordon made landfall Tuesday night along the Mississippi coast, packing strong winds that knocked out power to more than 40,000 homes and businesses and claimed one life.

The storm has since been downgraded to a tropical depression.

(MORE: The Latest Gordon Impacts | Check the Forecast)

Officials in West Pensacola, Florida, said a child was killed Tuesday night when a large limb from an oak tree fell on a mobile home. The child's identity has not been released, but Escambia County Emergency Management confirmed the death.

As it pushed ashore, the storm also caused flooding from storm surge and heavy rainfall along the coast. Gordon is expected to move northwestward for the next few days, impacting Arkansas before an expected turn to the northeast.

Prior to the storm's arrival, states of emergency were declared in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana.

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