that s more than a mile that it was pushed and finally beached right here. speaking of the golden nugget. when nate arrived it brought a storm surge of 6 feet of water. the first level of the casino and parking garage a crazy amount of storm surge and it rose quickly and that happened at the hard rock hotel and casino just to the west. a lot of first floor damage. the hotel and casino, the hard rock reopened yesterday afternoon. certainly some damage. they spent a lot of time sunday cleaning up everything. the casinos proper suffered no damage whatsoever. when the hurricane struck it came in with a vengeance throughout saturday night and into sunday morning, the category one storm slamming, making eye contact with biloxi, that coastline and the winds were horizontal and punishing and the rains. 4 to 6 inches of rain came in. but really, as all of the
this parking garage there, that s at the hard rock hotel and casino and, of course, these firefighters and some of the first responders trying to get through it in biloxi, mississippi there. that s one of the hardest hit areas. the flooding took the first floor of the casino under water. the biloxi fire department took this video as the firefighters were wading through it. minutes ago, nate was downgraded to a tropical storm. so far is knocked out power to nearly 73,000 customers in alabama, florida, and mississippi. we are tracking the impact of the storm with a team of meteorologists here in atlanta and reporter in mississippi and alabama. let s begin with meteorologist ivan cabrera, the newest information from the national hurricane center, what are you learning about the strength of the storm? the good news is no longer tracking a hurricane here. it is now a tropical storm with winds of 70 miles an hour, though as i ll show you in the current wind gusts, not finding anywhere ne
still a great threat of tornadoes throughout the region. storm surge also a big worry along the coastline. more than 36,000 homes across florida, alabama, and mississippi are without power. and some areas could get up to ten inches, that s 25 centimeters of rain. you can see just how high that water is already rising here. these firefighters wading through water at the hard rock hotel and casino, that is near biloxi, mississippi. mainly in the parking garage, we don t think it will breach the actual casinos. important to point that out, for sure. switching now over to u.s. politics on saturday, the u.s. president donald trump fired off another round of threatening tweets toward north korea. he suggested the u.s. had wasted 25 years and a lot of money talking with pyongyang. mr. trump concluded that only one thing will work. those are his words. he did not explain what he meant by that. saturday afternoon, mr. trump left the white house for a
we don t believe that bands have ever worked on anything. what we set have been clear, if something transfers a semi automatic to functionally fully automatic it on to be regulated differently. on top of banning those nancy blows he is again pushing for universal background checks and she s been very open saying she hoped bump stocks will be the first step toward stricter gun control. arthel: almost 24 hours later, businesses and residents try to assess damage caused by hurricane nate that we can to a tropical depression. the storm laid man paul twice between last night and this morning as a category one. phil is life, are some of the casinos open for business again? reporter: absolutely. the hard rock hotel and casino guitars lit up and blinking, reopened about two hours ago. as hurricane nate made landfall came up fast, 85-mile an hour winds. it was the fastest moving storm,
hour. nate made its first u.s. landfall on saturday in southeast louisiana. officials were expecting dangerous storm surges, fallen trees, downed power lines. but you just heard a good report from biloxi, mississippi a few moments ago. they don t have any reports of that. more than 36,000 households, though, across florida, alabama, and mississippi, though, are already without power. and some areas could get up to ten inches or 25 centimeters of rain. you can see just how high the waters are rising already. these are firefighters waiting for water at the hard rock hotel and casino in biloxi, mississippi. all right. we ll continue to follow the situation there on the gulf coast. now switching to politics. the u.s. president, donald trump, back in washington after traveling to greensboro, north carolina on saturday for a high-dollar fund-raiser there. it was his first trip back to the state since becoming the u.s. president. and you can see here he arrived in a steady rain. before le