Hurricane Nate weakens to a tropical depression, brings flooding and power outages to US Gulf Coast
Hurricane Nate brought a burst of flooding and power outages to the US Gulf Coast before weakening rapidly
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Hurricane Nate brought a burst of flooding and power outages to the US Gulf Coast before weakening rapidly, sparing the region the kind of catastrophic damage left by a series of hurricanes that hit the southern US and Caribbean in recent weeks. AP
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Nate, the first hurricane to make landfall in Mississippi since Katrina in 2005, quickly lost strength with its winds diminishing to a tropical depression as it pushed northward into Alabama and towards Georgia. AP
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Thousands in Costa Rica were forced to evacuate their homes and the government declared a state of emergency. New Orleans state authorities too evacuated some residents from areas outside its levee system. Reuters
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Nate’s powerful winds pushed water onto roads and its winds knocked out power to more than 100,000 homes and businesses. Reuters
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Nate is expected to bring three to six inches of rain in the Ohio Valley, central Appalachians and North East before the storm exits Maine on Tuesday. Reuters
