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For Nate

Scottie Lopez throws a rope to Glenn Greco, both from Delacroix Island, at they tie up their boats before the Caernarvon floodgate closes in St. Bernard Parish in
anticipation of the arrival of Tropical Storm Nate in Caernarvon, La., Friday, Oct. 6, 2017.
(Matthew Hinton/The Advocate via AP)
US States Declare Emergency Ahead of Tropical Storm Nate

Associated Press officials declared states away from the immediate metropolitan New Orleans near New Orleans.The
MEXICO CITY (AP) — of state of emergency coast, with buses available and Lake Pontchartrain to storm was located about
Tropical Storm Nate and Louisiana ordered for people who can’t drive. its latest hurricane warning. 80 miles (125 kilometers)
gained force as it sped some people to evacuate The U.S. National Hurricane The storm had maximum east of the Mexican resort
toward Mexico’s Yucatan coastal areas and barrier Center warned that Nate sustained winds of 60 island of Cozumel and
Peninsula Friday after islands ahead of its could raise sea levels mph (95 kph) by Friday had accelerated its north-
drenching Central America expected landfall Saturday by 4 to 7 feet (1.2 to 2.1 afternoon and was likely northwest movement to 21
in rain that was blamed night or early Sunday. meters) from Morgan to strengthen over the mph (33 kph).In Nicaragua,
for at least 21 deaths. Evacuations began at City, Louisiana, to the northwestern Caribbean Nate’s arrival followed two
Forecasters said it was likely some offshore oil platforms Alabama-Florida border. It Sea on Friday before weeks of near-constant
to reach the U.S. Gulf Coast in the Gulf. had already had caused brushing by the Cancun rain that had left the
as a hurricane over the Mississippi’s government deadly flooding in much of region at the tip of Mexico’s ground saturated and rivers
weekend. said it would open 11 Central America. Yucatan Peninsula. It could swollen.
Louisiana and Mississippi evacuation shelters in areas The center added hit the U.S. Gulf coast Continued on Page 2
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