Aug 31 (Reuters) - U.S. natural gas futures eased about 1% on Thursday on a bigger-than-expected storage build, ongoing outages from Hurricane Idalia and forecasts for less demand in coming weeks as seasonally cooler weather cuts air-conditioning use.
Despite the seasonal decline in temperatures, however, meteorologists forecast the weather would remain hotter than normal
through at least mid-September.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said utilities added 32 billion cubic feet (bcf) of gas into storage during the week ended Aug. 25.
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