BILOXI, MISS.—Hurricane Nate brought a burst of flooding and power outages to the U.S. Gulf Coast before weakening rapidly Sunday, sparing the region the kind of catastrophic damage wreaked by series of hurricanes that hit the southern U.S. and Caribbean in recent weeks. Article Continued BelowMore than 100,000 residents in Mississippi and Alabama were without power Sunday morning, although some were starting to get electricity restored. ( Mark Wallheiser / GETTY IMAGES )Mississippi’s Gulf Coast casinos got approval to reopen in midmorning after closing Saturday as the storm approached. Read more: Fast-moving Hurricane Nate makes landfall on Gulf Coast Tropical Storm Nate roars toward U.S. Gulf Coast after battering Central America Tropical Storm Nate blamed for 22 deaths, may hit U.S. Gulf Coast as a hurricane The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency said the four hurricanes that have struck the U.S. and its territories this year have “strained” resources, with roughly 85 per cent of the agency’s forces deployed. Hurricane Nate is the first hurricane to make landfall in Mississippi since Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Source: thestar October 08, 2017 12:49 UTC