"Heavy rain is already moving through Louisiana and will continue over the next few days," AccuWeather's Alex DaSilva said.

States along the Gulf Coast could see heavy rainfall from a low-pressure system currently off the northeastern Florida coast.

HONG KONG, July 20 (Reuters) - Rains from Typhoon Wipha pounded Hong Kong on Sunday as the storm skirted southwards before making landfall on the coast of China's Guangdong province, leaving fallen trees and scaffolding and sending over 200 people to seek refuge at temporary shelters.

Heavy storms in northern Vietnam have left one person dead and another missing, as Wipha weakened from a tropical storm into a depression.

A cold front moving off the Carolina coast and an upper-level disturbance over the Bahamas are gathering tropical moisture east of Florida and extending into the Atlantic. Divers at one of Australia's world-famous reefs said their experience was "like swimming on a corpse".

PAGASA said Dante had exited PAR and was estimated to be 775 kilometers east northeast of Itbayat, Batanes, moving north at 15 kilometers per hour.

Tropical Storm Wipha brought heavy rain and flooding to northern Vietnam, leaving one person dead and another missing, police said Wednesday.

The Philippines shut down schools and cancelled flights Thursday as torrential rains driven by a typhoon and a separate tropical storm pounded the country's northern island of Luzon. Tropical Storm Francisco,