Due to hurricane Nate (now — 1 category) a state of emergency already declared in three southern States: Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.
As of Saturday morning, October 7, Nate was 345 miles South-East of the mouth of the Mississippi river, moving North-West at a speed of 22 miles per hour, with winds up to 80 mph.
«Most likely, Nate «landed» somewhere along the Central Gulf coast tonight or Sunday morning,» said meteorologist ABC News Daniel Manzo, adding that the main danger will come from emerging tornadoes to the North-East of the center of the hurricane.
In addition, under forecasts of weather forecasters, as soon as the hurricane moves inland, it can cause flash floods not only in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana, but also Tennesseeand in the Ohio valley. The people of the state of new York should expect heavy rains on Sunday and Monday.
«We cannot take this storm lightly, he’s already killed more than 20 people in Central America,» said the Governor of Louisiana John Bel Edwards. According to him, the state mobilized 1,300 National guard soldiers.
Louisiana has already started a mandatory evacuation of residents of coastal St. Bernard Parish, located East of New Orleans and the island Grand, located South of the state capital, reports the Associated Press. Evacuated and employees of oil platforms.
In Mississippi open 11 shelters. The state government said they will provide buses for those who can’t get to shelters using their private cars.
This morning the national weather service Alabama reported that Dauphin island has already greatly increased the water level.
Already seeing elevated water levels on Dauphin Island this morning. This will only get worse as #Nate approaches the area. #mobwx #alwx https://t.co/PAGV35Zd6O
— NWS Mobile (@NWSMobile) October 7, 2017
According to the hurricane center, because of Nate maybe 4-7 feet rise in sea level from Morgan city, Louisiana to border of Alabama Florida.
