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1 hour ago - Hurricane Nate made US landfall Saturday night as a Category 1 storm near the ... of the Mississippi River in Louisiana, the National Hurricane Center said. ... "It's gonna to hit you hard, it's gonna to hit you fast," Landrieu said.
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Hurricane Nate makes US landfall
Story highlights
- Meteorologists say eye of storm came ashore near mouth of the Mississippi River
- Mississippi governor urges residents in southeast part of state to go north
(CNN)Hurricane
Nate made US landfall Saturday night as a Category 1 storm near the
mouth of the Mississippi River in southeast Louisiana, the National
Hurricane Center said in its latest advisory on the storm.
A second landfall is likely on the Mississippi coast in a few hours after the eye of the storm passes over the Chandeleur Sound.
The hurricane center said Nate has maximum sustained winds of 85 mph.
Rains
had already soaked coastal Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi much of
Saturday. As the storm approached the Gulf Coast, officials in Louisiana
and other states implored residents to finish their storm preparations
and get inside.
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu told residents Saturday evening to wrap up what they were doing and move to a safe place.
"We're
in the fight now. The storm is on us," Landrieu told his city of some
400,000 people -- 440,000 when you count the tourists this weekend.
The
mayor told them to keep an eye on the latest developments, but to
remember that a Category 1 or 2 hurricane is still very powerful.
"It's gonna to hit you hard, it's gonna to hit you fast," Landrieu said.
Landrieu said he visited the city's drainage pumps facilities and was pleased with the conditions.
He was not pleased that some in the low-lying city were having hurricane parties.
"That troubles me," he said.
Mississippi braces
Jackson
County in coastal Mississippi has enacted a curfew that begins at 7
p.m. CT (8 p.m. ET), several hours before the powerful northeastern side
of the core is expected.
Gov. Phil Bryant urged county residents to head north away from the Gulf but there was no mandatory evacuation.
Bryant
declared a state of emergency for six counties and any others that
might be affected by Nate, the state's emergency management agency said.
In Biloxi, Mayor Andrew Gilich was especially concerned about storm surge.
"The storm surge is a big thing that really traps everyone," he told CNN.
Gilich said he hopes Nate's direction and predicted speed "ease the blow."
The National Weather Service
said: "Wind and rain impacts will be confined to southeast Mississippi
with the greatest impacts along the Interstate 59 corridor and coastal
areas."
Nate races toward land
New
Orleans will be on the west side of the storm, forecasters said, but
the worst conditions there will last until early Sunday.
Nate once was almost as fast as an Olympic sprinter, but began to lose speed as it made contact with the Gulf Coast.
Hurricane
warnings were in effect from Grand Isle, Louisiana, east to the
Alabama-Florida border. Storm surge warnings included the coast from
Grand Isle to the Okaloosa/Walton county line in Florida and the
northern and western shores of Lake Pontchartrain.
Evacuation orders were in
place outside levees in New Orleans and Plaquemines Parish, and along
the Mississippi, Alabama and Florida coasts. President Trump on Friday
declared an emergency in Louisiana ahead of Nate and ordered federal
assistance.
In Mississippi, a dozen
casinos, including the Beau Rivage and the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
in Biloxi, took the rare step of closing early as the storm moved in.
Strong winds expected
The
storm's reach will be wide, CNN meteorologist Chad Myers said, with
strong winds affecting population centers from New Orleans to Panama
City, Florida. Biloxi could experience gusts of 100 mph.
Nate was expected to knock
down power lines and trees from Lake Charles, Louisiana, to the Florida
Panhandle and possibly leave at least 1 million people without
electricity.
"Preparations to
protect life and property should be rushed to completion in these areas,
as tropical storm conditions will first arrive in the warning area this
afternoon," the hurricane center warned Saturday morning.
Nate
could drop 3 to 6 inches of rain, with 10 inches possible in some
areas, from the central Gulf Coast north across the Deep South, the
eastern Tennessee Valley and the southern Appalachians through Monday,
the hurricane center said. Flash flooding is a danger.
"Once
it hits land, it looks like it's going to be very quick to move out of
the area and then weaken," CNN meteorologist Jennifer Varian said.
New Orleans braces for impact
Nate would be the third hurricane to hit the US mainland in six weeks, after Hurricanes Harvey and Irma killed dozens of people and destroyed thousands of properties.
The
storm has already carved a path of devastation in Central America. At
least 28 people were killed Thursday in Costa Rica, Nicaragua and
Honduras. Hundreds were rescued from floodwaters and mudslides. Many
lost power and running water.
Landrieu already had ordered
a mandatory evacuation of the Venetian Isles, Lake Catherine and Irish
Bayou areas, which are low-lying or outside the federal hurricane-protection system that underwent a $14 billion overhaul after Katrina. He also had declared a state of emergency.
Anticipating
the storm and overnight flooding, Landrieu on Saturday reiterated a
mandatory curfew due to start that night at 8 ET and to end when the
storm passes. At least 1,800 workers were on standby to reconnect power,
if needed, he said.
First responders, sewer workers and residents also prepared for flooding, mindful of summer rains that exposed deficiencies in the city's unique drainage pumping system.
Of the city's 120 main drainage pumps, three major and eight smaller ones were offline Friday night, city records show.
Also, all 24 major pump stations had backup generators, records show,
as only three of five turbines that help power the city's oldest, most
powerful pumps were available for service, a city water utility
spokeswoman told CNN.
Louisiana
Gov. John Bel Edwards declared a state of emergency for all of
Louisiana on Thursday and mobilized 1,300 National Guard troops,
including some to help monitor New Orleans' drainage equipment, he said.
Storm surge feared along Gulf Coast
In
Alabama, the Port of Mobile closed Saturday, meaning the Carnival
Fantasy cruise ship would not be "making its scheduled call" there
Sunday, the Mobile Alabama Cruise Terminal said.
The
Bankhead Tunnel, a major downtown thoroughfare that passes under the
Mobile River, was closed because of the hurricane, emergency officials
and a reporter with CNN affiliate WPMI tweeted.
In Mobile, city workers checked storm drains for debris, took measures to avert power outages and deployed critical equipment.
Florida
Gov. Rick Scott, who had declared a state of emergency in 29 counties,
said Saturday that evacuation orders were in effect Escambia and Santa
Rosa counties, with shelters open for those seeking higher ground.
"This
is not the time to be complacent -- do not risk your life or the life
of your loved ones," he said in a statement. "Even if your home is not
in the direct path of this hurricane, everyone in the Panhandle should
be ready to follow your emergency plan and stay vigilant to weather
alerts and updates from local officials."
