New Orleans, Gulf Coast brace for Hurricane Nate - CNN
| CNN | New Orleans, Gulf Coast brace for Hurricane Nate CNN (CNN) Nate has strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane, the National Hurricane Center said late Friday night. The hurricane has sustained winds of 75 mph and is located 495 miles south of the mouth of the Mississippi River, in the southern Gulf of Mexico. Nate upgraded to a hurricane as it barrels toward flood-prone New Orleans Storm Nate heads for US Gulf Coast after 25 die in Central America Another Storm: Now a Hurricane, Nate Is Aiming for Gulf Coast |