Washington, July 15, 2019, SPA -- Barry weakened to a tropical depression but is set to cause more life-threatening floods through Monday as it marches toward northwest Louisiana and Arkansas. Another foot of rain is expected for south-central Louisiana where it made landfall Saturday. The storm is 15 miles east-southeast of Shreveport, with sustained winds of 40 miles per hour, the National Hurricane Center said in a bulletin at 2 p.m. New York time. Despite weakening, a few tornadoes are forecast Sunday across parts of southeastern Louisiana, Mississippi, western Alabama, eastern Arkansas, and western Tennessee. With the storm now firmly ashore, some producers in the Gulf of Mexico are preparing to, or have begun to, re-staff their offshore crude and natural gas platforms. Exxon Mobil Corp. said it was returning workers to its three platforms where non-essential staff were evacuated, with “minimal production impact.” BHP Group expects to return workers to its two shut assets by Monday, while Enbridge Inc. plans to return crew to an offshore natural gas platform. Their offshore and onshore facilities would have to be inspected before they can restart. --SPA 03:54 LOCAL TIME 00:54 GMT 0033 www.spa.gov.sa/w1137986