US Gulf Coast Braces For Fast-Approaching Hurricane Nate

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Coastal residents from southeast Louisiana to the Florida panhandle braced for the effects of fast-moving Hurricane Nate, expected to hit sometime time Saturday night – possibly with Category 2 strength.
The National Hurricane Center in Miami projected that Nate would brush by the southeast tip of Louisiana, near the mouth of the Mississippi River, around 7 p.m. Saturday. A late Saturday landfall was projected for the Mississippi Gulf Coast – posing threats o