While the worst of the storm was to the east, heavy rain fell in the city, and nearby Lake Pontchartrain was under a storm surge warning.Earlier, Mayor Mitch Landrieu told residents to wrap up what they were doing and move to a safe place. Nate once was almost as fast as an Olympic sprinter, but began to lose speed as it made contact with the Gulf Coast.Hurricane warnings were in effect from Grand Isle, Louisiana, east to the Alabama-Florida border. "Even if your home is not in the direct path of this hurricane, everyone in the Panhandle should be ready to follow your emergency plan and stay vigilant to weather alerts and updates from local officials. Joe Sterling, Steve Almasy and Michelle Krupa, CNN Also, all 24 major pump stations had backup generators, records show, as only three of five turbines that help power the city's oldest, most powerful pumps were available for service, a city water utility spokeswoman told CNN.Louisiana Gov. Rick Scott, who had declared a state of emergency in 29 counties, said Saturday that evacuation orders were in effect Escambia and Santa Rosa counties, with shelters open for those seeking higher ground. "A dozen casinos in Mississippi, including the Beau Rivage and the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Biloxi, took the rare step of closing early as the storm moved in. Flash flooding is a danger.Nate is the third hurricane to hit the US mainland in six weeks, after Hurricanes Harvey and Irma killed dozens of people and destroyed thousands of properties.The storm has already carved a path of devastation in Central America. As the storm approached the Gulf Coast, officials in Louisiana and other states implored residents to finish their storm preparations and get inside. Jackson County in coastal Mississippi enacted a curfew that began at 7 p.m. CT (8 p.m. "It's gonna to hit you hard, it's gonna to hit you fast," Landrieu said. Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. Landrieu said he visited the city's drainage pumps facilities and was pleased with the conditions.After Nate made landfall, New Orleans was under a tropical storm warning and the mayor lifted a citywide curfew. Storm surge warnings included the coast from Grand Isle to the Okaloosa/Walton county line in Florida and the northern and western shores of Lake Pontchartrain.Evacuation orders were in place outside levees in New Orleans and Plaquemines Parish, and along the Mississippi, Alabama and Florida coasts. Hurricane Nate made landfall at 12:30 a.m. CT near Biloxi, Mississippi, its second and final US landfall. Storm surge warnings included the coast from Grand Isle to the Okaloosa/Walton county line in Florida and the northern and western shores of Lake Pontchartrain.Evacuation orders were in place outside levees in New Orleans and Plaquemines Parish, and along the Mississippi, Alabama and Florida coasts. Rains had already soaked coastal Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi much of Saturday. "After landfall, the center of Nate is expected to pass over portions of Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee late tonight through Sunday night," according to the National Hurricane Center's advisory issued late Saturday.Jackson County in coastal Mississippi enacted a curfew that began at 7 p.m. CT (8 p.m. Nate has sustained winds of 85 mph, making it a Category 1 hurricane. At least 28 people were killed Thursday in Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Honduras. Biloxi could experience gusts of 100 mph.Nate was expected to knock down power lines and trees from Lake Charles, Louisiana, to the Florida Panhandle and possibly leave at least 1 million people without electricity. "Even if your home is not in the direct path of this hurricane, everyone in the Panhandle should be ready to follow your emergency plan and stay vigilant to weather alerts and updates from local officials." "A dozen casinos in Mississippi, including the Beau Rivage and the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Biloxi, took the rare step of closing early as the storm moved in.New Orleans spent most of the day under a hurricane warning that was lifted around 7 p.m. CT. By Phil Bryant urged county residents to head north away from the Gulf but there was no mandatory evacuation.According to CNN affiliate WLOX, there were 13 shelters open in the southern part of the state.Bryant declared a state of emergency for six counties and any others that might be affected by Nate, the state's emergency management agency said.In Biloxi, Mayor Andrew Gilich was especially concerned about storm surge. CNN and the CNN logo are registered marks of Cable News Network, Inc., displayed with permission. In Alabama, the Port of Mobile closed Saturday, meaning the Carnival Fantasy cruise ship would not be "making its scheduled call" there Sunday, the Mobile Alabama Cruise Terminal said.The Bankhead Tunnel, a major downtown thoroughfare that passes under the Mobile River, was closed because of the hurricane, emergency officials and a reporter with In Mobile, city workers checked storm drains for debris, took measures to avert power outages and deployed critical equipment. Biloxi could experience gusts of 100 mph.Nate was expected to knock down power lines and trees from Lake Charles, Louisiana, to the Florida Panhandle and possibly leave at least 1 million people without electricity. The storm is on us," Landrieu told his city of some 400,000 people -- 440,000 when you count the tourists this weekend.The mayor told them to keep an eye on the latest developments, but to remember that a Category 1 hurricane is still very powerful. Hurricane Nate made US landfall Saturday night as a Category 1 storm near the mouth of the Mississippi River in southeast Louisiana, the National Hurricane Center said. "Preparations to protect life and property should be rushed to completion in these areas, as tropical storm conditions will first arrive in the warning area this afternoon," the hurricane center warned Saturday morning.Nate could drop 3 to 6 inches of rain, with 10 inches possible in some areas, from the central Gulf Coast north across the Deep South, the eastern Tennessee Valley and the southern Appalachians through Monday, the hurricane center said.

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