1/31/2024 0 Comments Nate hurricane trackIts trajectory has it on track to make landfall somewhere between New Orleans, Louisiana, and Mobile, Alabama, on Saturday night or Sunday morning as a weak Category 1 hurricane, with winds of about 80 mph. Nate could reach hurricane status as early as Saturday afternoon while entering the Gulf of Mexico. Officials in Costa Rica said 15 people were missing as well. Up to 30 inches of rain is possible in some areas of Central America through Friday night.Īccording to The Associated Press, 22 people were killed in Central America, including 15 in Nicaragua and seven in Costa Rica. The tropical storm pounded Nicaragua with rain heavy enough to cause life-threatening flash floods and mudslides. The resort cities of Cancun and Cozumel in Mexico will feel the full brunt of the storm. The storm is expected to continue to strengthen Friday as it moves over warm water and crosses over Mexico's Yucatan peninsula Friday night as a strong tropical storm with winds of about 60 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center. Maximum sustained winds had strengthened to 45 mph and it was moving northwest at 14 mph, as of early Friday. The system strengthened into a tropical storm near the coast of Nicaragua Thursday. on Friday, Tropical Storm Nate was moving off Honduras and re-entering the Caribbean Sea, according to the National Hurricane Center. on Sunday just south or east of New Orleans as a Category 1 hurricane with winds around 80 mph.Īs much as a foot of rain could fall in parts of Mississippi and Louisiana with storm surge of 4 to 8 feet along the coast.Īs of 5 a.m. On the current track, Nate is expected to make landfall at about 1 a.m. Officials in New Orleans have yet to call for any evacuations, but preparations for landfall were already well underway Thursday. Hurricane and storm surge watches have already been issued for the coastline from Morgan City, Louisiana to the Alabama/Mississippi border, an area that includes New Orleans. A tropical storm which killed 22 people in Central America is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane that could affect the U.S.
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