Hurricane Nate makes second US landfall [ Tritiyo Matra News ]

Hurricane Nate makes second US landfall

Global October 08, 2017

Breaking news update, published at 1:41 a.m.. ET]

Hurricane Nate made landfall at 12:30 a.m. CT near Biloxi, Mississippi, its second and final US landfall. Nate has sustained winds of 85 mph, making it a Category 1 hurricane.

[Previous story, published at 11:57 p.m. ET]

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.

The hurricane center said Nate has maximum sustained winds of 85 mph. It was moving north at 20 mph.

A hurricane warning was in effect for coastal areas from the mouth of Pearl River on the border of Louisiana and Mississippi, east to the Alabama-Florida border, as of Saturday night.

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.

"After landfall, the center of Nate is expected to pass over portions of Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee late tonight through Sunday night," according to the National Hurricane Center's advisory issued late Saturday.

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Jackson County in coastal Mississippi enacted a curfew that began at 7 p.m. CT (8 p.m. ET), several hours before the powerful northeastern side of the core is expected to arrive.

Gov. Phil Bryant urged county residents to head north away from the Gulf but there was no mandatory evacuation.

According to CNN affiliate WLOX, there were 13 shelters open in the southern part of the state.

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.