Natural gas futures fell to their lowest levels in almost a month as fears for prolonged storm outages in the Gulf continued to ease and forecasts for milder weather in the eastern US signaled reduced demand for gas-fired power.

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Plummeting oil futures and equities markets only bolstered the retreat. Based on today's close, August gas looks ready to test the $4.40s or lower on Wednesday. "There are very legitimate concerns growing among investors that the US economy is on the cusp of another major downturn," said an oil and gas trader in New York.