Now as emergency crews try to assess the full extent of the damage, authorities warn the worst may be yet to come with more heavy rape rain sparking devastating floods. Steve heir begin live in texas. Hi, steve. Reporter day two of this rain which simply doesnt stop. Rock port took the brunt of that category four hurricane, 130 Miles Per Hour wind. The entire chunk of this building is just gone, so a lot of buildings you see look like dollhouses where you just took the top off. Were also seeing just piles, not even sure what kind of a home or business was there. And a real problem for First Responders and for anyone trying to get around are these downed power lines. You can see this one dangling over here, a lot more snapped power lines over here, and if you cross the street as well, more snapped power lines. They really are obstacles to those First Responder vehicles. And the wind and the rain is still so bad out, its been really hard for the repair crews to get out here and fix them.
Hurricane nate made landfall late saturday near the mouth of the Mississippi River with winds of about 85 miles an hour. The storm also bringing heavy rains and causing storm surges. It is only a category one storm one of the uighurs of the season it should not be taken lightly especially given the destruction seen in Central America when nate was just a Tropical Storm. No one should take the storm lightly. It is already claimed the lives of at least 20 people and nicaragua and in honduras and as we know from past storms low intensity it doesnt necessarily mean low impact. Kelly for the latest on the storm lets check in with our median meteorologist, adam. What is the latest what you can tell us about making landfall and what we can anticipate from its past . Adam that was landfall one. It is back out over open water and that initial landfall was a Barrier Islands just off the delta of the Mississippi River so we are back out running towards mississippi once again. That will take anoth
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