Hurricane Nate makes second landfall near Biloxi, Mississippi

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Hurricane Nate made its second US landfall near Biloxi, Mississippi, shortly after midnight local time Sunday as a Category one hurricane. The National Hurricane Center said just hours earlier, Nate had made its first US landfall near the mouth of the Mississippi River in southeast Louisiana. The Center said hurricane Nate had maximum sustained winds of 85 mile per hour. It was moving north at 20 mile per hour and was 5 miles west of Biloxi. Nate triggered hurricane, tropical storm and storm surge warnings through a swath of the Gulf states.

Officials warned coastal communities of the storm surge, which is the height of water above dry ground. Nate is expected to weaken quickly as it makes its way inland and the hurricane center predicted it is likely to become a tropical storm later today.

Meanwhile, according to the National Hurricane Center’s early today’s advisory Nate’s center will continue to move inland over Mississippi and across the Deep South, Tennessee Valley, and central Appalachian Mountains through tomorrow.

President Donald Trump declared an emergency in Mississippi and Louisiana. Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant urged county residents to head north away from the Gulf, but there was no mandatory evacuation.