Hurricane Nate Menaces U.S. Gulf Coast With $4 Billion Loss
- Storm is bearing down on Mississippi casinos, resorts
- Energy platforms in Gulf evacuated as storm grows in strength
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Hurricane Nate still has a chance to grow to a Category 2 storm as it bears down on the Mississippi coast, threatening to bring $4 billion in losses after killing more than 20 people in floods across Central America and forcing crews off energy platforms in the Gulf of Mexico.
Nate’s winds reached 90 miles (145 kilometers) per hour as it moves toward the Alabama-Mississippi border, where it could push as much as 11 feet (3.3 meters) of water on shore over night, the National Hurricane Center said in a 5 p.m. New York time advisory. While earlier forecasts showed the storm would probably become a Category 2, that’s become less likely.