Hurricane Nate speeds toward Gulf Coast, NWS warns preparations should be ‘rushed to completion’
With Hurricane Nate fast approaching, the National Weather Service office based in New Orleans warned residents of that city and elsewhere along the Gulf Coast that they need to hurry and make preparations.
“Preparations along the Gulf Coast should be RUSHED TO COMPLETION this morning! Conditions deteriorate quickly this afternoon!!”, a tweet Saturday morning read.
⚠️Preparations along the Gulf Coast should be RUSHED TO COMPLETION this morning! Conditions deteriorate quickly this afternoon!! #LAwx #MSwx https://t.co/hUH4M5bZ6h
— NWS New Orleans (@NWSNewOrleans) October 7, 2017
Part of the urgency stems from how quickly the storm is moving – 22 mph according to the latest estimate from the National Hurricane Center. Whereas forecasts earlier this week predicted a Sunday morning landfall, the expectation now is that Nate, which is less than 250 miles south of the mouth of the Mississippi River, will hit the U.S. Saturday evening.
Hurricane Nate is also “intensifying quickly” according to NHC, as it makes its way across the Gulf of Mexico toward the U.S. Late last night it was upgraded to a hurricane, and has since intensified and has 85 mph maximum sustained winds.
#Nate is moving quickly to the NNW at 22 MPH with max sustained winds of 85 MPH. @NOAA #GOES16 pic.twitter.com/Je4cI6yBlY
— NASA SPoRT (@NASA_SPoRT) October 7, 2017
Landfall is expected to be somewhere between Louisiana and the Florida panhandle. States of emergency have been declared in Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama.
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