The Category 1 storm Nate made landfall without causing as much damage as expected and weakened as it moved inland. However, the storm caused power outages to more than 100,000 households in the southern Gulf region of the United States and caused flooding in some locations.
The first storm to hit Mississippi since Hurricane Katrina in 2005 became a tropical depression as it moved north into Alabama and toward Georgia.
Despite weakness, Nate continues to cause heavy rain and strong gusts of wind. Typhoon Nate is expected to cross the northeastern United States on October 9.
Typhoon Nate made its second landfall in the US at around 1:30 a.m. on October 8. The Gulf Coast near Biloxi, Mississippi, had maximum sustained winds of up to 137km/h at the time of landfall, with some areas in Mississippi and Alabama having waves over 1 meter high.
Previously, Category 1 Nate made its first landfall on the evening of October 7 in the mouth of the Mississippi River in the southeastern coast of Louisiana.
Officials in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida are well prepared for Hurricane Nate. State governors have declared a state of emergency and issued mandatory or voluntary evacuation orders in some areas before the storm makes landfall.
Although Typhoon Nate did not cause as much damage as expected, more than 100,000 customers across Alabama and Mississippi were without power at 6:00 a.m. on October 8. Of these, 87,000 households in Alabama are without power, while 46,487 in Mississippi.
Power lines in some areas were broken and burned, such as in Grand Bay, Alabama.
According to AP as of the evening of October 8, Alabama Power said it had restored power to more than 64,000 customers and that about 36,000 households were still without power. According to Mississippi Electricity, more than 21,000 customers have had power back.
Post-storm cleaning in Biloxi, Mississippi on October 8.
