floating cell towers. it s called project loon. it sends balloons 12 miles in the air. from there they connect with on-the-ground telecommunications systems. and the project works. it helped peru provide coverage after the country flooded earlier this year. one difference, loon conducted tests in peru for months before going online there. in puerto rico they re at square one. they re making solid progress in puerto rico. declined to give a time frame. but one of those great examples of companies with the government trying to find a solution. outstanding. all right. the southeast in recovery mode this morning after nate weakened into a tropical depression late sunday night. the storm making landfall as a category 1 hurricane over the weekend, causing some destruction and flooding. initially it hit southeast louisiana saturday before making a second landfall near biloxi, mississippi hours later. wow, look at that. massive flooding.
and thankfully, through the help of private donors, the family was able to take a charter flight to florida. but there are still so many others in similar situations not so lucky. christine, dave? okay, leyla santiago, thank you. the southeast in recovery mode this morning after nate weakened to a tropical depression late sunday morning. the storm making landfall was a category 1 hurricane over the weekend, causing destruction and flooding. it initially hit southeast louisiana saturday before making a second landfall near biloxi, mississippi, hours later. nate knocked out power to at least 67,000 homes across the gulf. most of them in alabama. fortunately no deaths or injuries were reported in the u.s. dozens were killed in central america. the national hurricane center has discontinued all warnings and advisories as nate loses steam. hopefully this is the last of these tropical systems in the atlantic.
the southeast in recovery mode as well after nate went into a tropical depression late sunday. storm making landfall as a category 1 over the weekend causing destruction and flooding. it made a second landfall ner biloxi, wrp mississippi hours later. estimate knocked out power to at least 67,000 homes. most in h alabama. fortunately no deaths or injuries reported in theit unit states. the. the united states and turkey announcing visitor visas between the two countries are canceled immediately. they issued a statement suspending all visitor visas after turkish president had a u.s. consew late employee arrested. hours they released an almost
in southeastern louisiana. the center of the hurricane is heading to the mouth of the mississippi. bonnie schneider has the big picture. bonnie? it is moving very quickly. even though it slowed down 1-mile-per-hour since our last advisory. hurricane nate, category 1, maximum sustained winds at 90 miles per hour. you can see the bands of rain already coming in and with the fast clip at 23 miles per hour. we re looking at the storm making landfall as a strong category 1 or a weak category 2, not much of a difference between the two, so prepare for a substantial storm. it weakens as it works its way inlapp inland. also important to note because it s moving quickly, this is all going to the conditions will
the lack of response and preparation prior to that storm making landfall was not their responsibility of the government of puerto rico nor the mayor of san juan. do you think that the back and forth or bad blood between the president and the mayor is hampering response? we need to move forward. i hope that this visit will help the president keep focused on the work at hand. we need to make the people of puerto rico whole again. american citizens. the people of puerto rico need to hear when president bush visited new orleans, he said we are going to rebuild new orleans better than it was.