>> you have to stay focused. you have to stay prepared. this storm is moving fast. it will hit you fast. if you are in the way, you won't be able to get out of it. kelly: that was a stern warning issues for those living in the path of hurricane nate. it's inland now. i'm kelly wright. patti ann: i'm patti ann browne. this is the fourth hurricane we have seen in a month. hurricane nate made landfall near the powt of the mississippi

river. the storm causing strong storm surges. while it's a category one storm it should not be taken lightly, especially given the destruction seen in central america. 30 deaths when nate was only a tropical storm. >> no one should take this storm lightly. it claimed the lives of 20 people in nicaragua and honduras. as we know from past storms low intensity doesn't necessarily mean low impact. kelly: let's check in with adam klotz in the extreme weather center. he has all the details and the tracking of the storm and what it imposes. adam: the most of intense part of this storm is running on the coast of mississippi and

alabama. folks are beginning to get the brunt of this. a casino seeing a storm surge. that will be continuing for the next little bit. we are still waiting for the official second landfall of this system. what you are noticing on the back side. with a lot of these storms we

have seen a tight eyewall. that will weaken this storm a little more significantly once it moves onshore. but this leading evening will continue to be where the worst of this weather is. 70-mile-an-hour gusts. that's where we'll start to see issues throughout the rest of tonight heading into tomorrow as well. here is what we are talking about as far as our concern. everything east of this system. we have a lot of folks in the norms area who perhaps dodged a built. it can liking like there is a tropical storm warning there. but all of the severe with the we have been seeing has been on the eastern side of this storm. so the forecast wind gusts looking up to 70-80 miles per hour. we have been seeing some of that already. it does put off to the east, anyone from by locky off towards the east, still areas where we

can see the winds gusting 40, 50 up to 70 miles per hour, that's strong enough to do some damage. here is the future radar. we'll put it in motion for you. our leading evening continues to lift to the north. at 0 miles per hour, it doesn't take a long time for it to keep moving, getting up into north georgia. the atlanta metro area will see some of this storm sunday. 20 miles per hour, this thing is moving. i can see you the entire track. what you see is the mid-atlantic. the northeast by late tomorrow, running you into early tuesday. this is a fast-moving storm, guys. but there is self more hours where the gulf coast is getting the worst of it and it will be continuing. patti ann: the city of morals was prepared for the worst but

an earlier curfew was quickly lifted by the mayor as the city was mostly spared. casey stegall is live with more on how the city is doing. reporter: the curfew may have been lifted but the mayor of new orleans made sure to say if there was one area you should avoid, that is the general public, it's where we are, along the lakefront, lake pontchartrain. we are at a safe distance from the water. but we have seen some folks down there with some of the waves crashing up. and that's extremely dangerous. it doesn't take much to get pulled into the water. the mayor said that at one of the earlier press conferences today. we are getting some reports of flooding not in north metro, but southeast. and we want to show you some brand-new video coming in. this is an area known to flooding. it's very low-lying.

it is a barrier island. a narrow barrier island south of us. grand isle, louisiana, where storm surge has inundated some residential areas. you can see from the video that those homes are up on still its. they are elevated because the area is so prone to flooding. hopefully not much loss of property there. it was under mandatory evacuation orders. so hopefully most of of the people there heeded those warnings and got out before the surge got too high. but there has been a lot of talk about pumping stations and the different gates that have been put in post katrina to keep this city safe. we want to show you video of the army corps of engineers lowering two giant gates into the city's canals. there are multiple canals that go into new orleans metro.

and it's sort of lake pontchartrain sort of feeds those. the idea is the storm surge fills lake man char train, then it gets pushed into the canals, right into the big easy. so the giant gates were dropped today, essentially sealing off the waterway. it takes almost an hour for one of those gates to make it all the way down. so the people here in this region. they know the drill, they have been through so many hurricanes before. but we have been here on the ground for a few days. you talk to people who say we are not taking chances and we'll get out and evacuate. then you have those saying we are going to ride it out. you don't want to wave a flag and say you are out of the woods just yet. but it seems right now the worst of it seems to be south and east of new orleans. patti ann and kelly?

patti ann: casey stegall, thank you so as much. kelly: the latest advisory from the national hurricane center says nate will make its second landfall along the mississippi coast near biloxi. a strong storm surge warning has been discontinued. phil keating is in nearby gulfport. you saw the storm surge hitting the beach of gulfport. how are things right now? reporter: we are experiencing some of the best weather we have had in hours. the eye of the storm is essentially moved into the gulfport and west area of the coastline of mississippi. or is about to. however, east of us, biloxi, east of that, mobile, alabama is getting hammered with heavy wind and rain. you can see the streetlights

here. it's nothing like it was in our earlier reports by the the wall as the water was flashing and the rain was flying sideways. painfully so. everybody seems to have done pretty well here in coastal midst, so far. don't have any reports yet from biloxi. the emergency operations center told me they from thanked no reports of major incidents. there have been power outages east of here. alabama and eastern mississippi. but a lot of those transformers have been repaired quickly. and it's down to 1,000 people at last report. a thousand household that had no power. a fast moving storm. and the back side of the storm doesn't seem accord together radar to be producing have much

rain whatsoever. so there could be some still strong winds. but the strong winds have gone away at least for now. so everybody from county leaders to emergency operations directors for the sheriff's offices, they are saying look, we knew a hurricane was coming, we prepared for it. they thought today would and category 2. it broke down to a category 1. it looks like it will stay category 1 and move on up. again east of here, the storm surge could potentially go up to 11 feet. we'll see what mobile bay receives. and the mississippi coastline, the low-lying areas, they could be having some serious

situations. kellyanne: we havsituations. kelly: we have to keep ourize on ways east of you. patti ann: we are joined on the phone by the communications director, mike steel. thank you for being with us. we have been running video of from casey stegall from grand isle, louisiana where the flooding looks quite severe. >> we feel like for the most of part we have been blessed with this event. we continue 24 hour coverage in our state emergency operations center and that will tint next day or so. the governor's office and homeland security serves as coordinating agency for the resources. that surge threat that you have

guys have been talking about is our biggest concern as we continue to watch this storm. some of that flooding in grand isle, normally you are concerned about surge coming in off the gulf. a lot of that water its coming until from a bay north of the grand area. the winds wrap around the system and come in from the north. that's where most of of those what for concerns are. we have the same concern for new orleans and for a lot of the areas around lake pontchartrain. lake pontchartrain is north of the city as well and we could see that water push back in. as of 9:00 we only received a handsful of requests for state resources which were being taken care of. we were prepared for a cat 2 at one point, even a category 3.

we usually prepare for one system above what we actually face. but it looks like we'll be fortunate so far. patti ann: what about wind damage and power outages. >> the barrier island are dealing with the issues, power was still on in those areas. we have had pockets of problems. but nothing like we thought we could be facing as we watched this move across the gulf. we are still asking people stay off the roads, especially overnight. you have conditions that could change kind of rapidly. we are asking people to stay off the roads or check your route. our department of transportation at the state level has a website. it's a who live on

the island were evacuated. the veteran people dealing with these times of events. so a lot of people did heed the warnings. you can never be too careful. when you are talking about even a tropical storm it can be a deadly situation. it's good to see everyone from our level on down taking all if the precautions. we have had a fema advance team in baton rouge. the president has approved a predisaster declaration which we

appreciate that. so the governor made it clear that we are always available to help if any of our mains are facing pretty dangerous situations, we housed thousands of texans from harvey. patti ann: miem steele in louisiana. best of luck to you. when we come back. after the hurricane sleeves destruction behind, the government moves in to pick up the pieces. kelly: we'll talk with a former fema official about what the cleanup after a hurricane entails. ely, there's rocket mortgage by quicken loans. apply simply. understand fully. mortgage confidently.

kelly: we have been telling you what goes on as the hurricane passes through. but what happens when the cleanup begins? our next guest knows what goes on. the former fema official joins us now from salt lake city, utah. thomas, thanks for joining us. kelly: what do we have to do for areas when they have undergone a

tremendous amount of damage for storm surge, power outages, downed trees, and just the impact of a rick itself? >> first thing as you know is each storm is different. this storm is different than harvey and irma as well as maria. but normally in a dangerous major cat 3, 4 hurricane. there is immediate assessment. i don't believe that will be the case here. they will go directly to what i call bay three which is identifying the damage and making sure everybody in the surrounding areas are okay and making sure that hour, the power grid, water grid, everything is up and running. especially in new orleans, so prone to flooding. >> as we have seen through our reporters on the ground in new

orleans, it appears new orleans has escaped the worst of this category one storm. the storm is a fast-moving storm which means it will not linger over these areas as we saw in hurricane irma and hurricane harvey as well as hurricane maria, which all but devastated puerto rico. we know the devastation there is still lingering, it's hard to clean up those areas. when you look at this storm and the category one aspects of it, it will be it seems easier to clean up. >> much easier to klein. the logistics of a storm moving quickly through an affected area allows for to the peopla and the federal government to push out into the affected areas and allow the recovery to begin. what we saw in harvey is completely the opposite of what

we were seeing in main. the -- in nate. it's difficult getting assets in. what we saw in maria and irma was areas affected that could not push out that storms because of their geographical nature. kelly: many of the assets you needed to restore power had to stay in jacksonville near the daytona area before going down towards those areas that were hardest hit. but they got surprised, too, when irma changed its trajectory. how exhausting is the cleanup, particularly the fact that people are storm ravaged and they are saying enough already. their spirits are scienlds of

downtrodden. they have to get to work and clean up the muck and mire. how do you keep them enthused to do everything they need to get out of those areas. >> it's been an historic year. if you look at the gulf of mexico. the american territory, i believe 95% has been affected by a major hurricane this year. but the folks at fema who are so professional and brock long has done an amazing job at fema. they know whether it's a hurricane one or hurricane five, they are ready to go. the nrcc, the national response coordinating center is up and running since late august. they are just going to allocate another storm into the center and task it, and mission task to

the appropriate agencies, and the relief will come. they are just such great professionals. america should be very proud of the work they are doing right now. kelly: many americans are very proud of them including the president of the united states who has thanked them for the work they have done. we thank you for the work you have done as well. it's not an easy task when people have lost everything in a storm and you go in and help them get their feet back on the ground. kelly: we are tracking everything about hurricane nate as it continues ripping across the gulf coast. >> we have live reporters checking in from across the region. bass pro shops -

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kelly: hurricane nate is bearing down on the gulf coast with torrential rain and flooding. patti ann: let's check in with meteorologist adam klotz in the extreme weather center. adam: it's imminent from making landfall at this point. still a strong storm. 85-mile-an-hour winds running up along the coast.

that will benefit eventually. here is the center of circulation. so basically running up on the coast. it takes the center of that center of eric laying. we are getting close. we are just not quite there yet. this is all the activity where we have been seeing the strongest winds. reports of gusts up to 60-70 miles per hour. some white how the rain conditions. when you are talking about the strongest winds you are beginning to see the storm surge piling up. impressive storm surge. i want to say impressive. there are some folks battling this. you see it's a fairly small area as far as how big an area it

could cause as far as damage. it appears there are at least some areas where it's looking pretty bad. it's going to gift off toward the east. i wouldn't be surprised if you continue off toward the east and get toward biloxi or mobile. by early tomorrow morning you are talking about the worst part of this storm continuing to track into portions of alabama. then still on sunday phones in atlanta and tennessee will be seeing this sunday. it's moving that quickly. when something moves like that, you remember harvey where it spun and spun and we saw 40 inches of rain. now in areas that could be enough to cause some flooding.

it moved so quickly up through the ohio river valley. this is running up to the mid-atlantic and heading back out to sea. it's a fast mover. here is a quick look at our tropical activity. this is where what he typically see the activity. we begin to see a dropoff point. at least a couple more hours, the worst of it for folks along the gulf coast. kelly: tropical storm nate may not be as strong as some of the storms we have seen in recent weeks. but it's still bringing a lot of

trouble. fox's peter doocy is live in new orleans. reporter: new orleans for the most of part is dry which is good news for a city that was very, very concerned about whether or not the drainage system would be able to absorb a hurricane's worth of water. they rad rainstorms in july and august. the pumps failed. that was the concern ahead of today. now that the storm has moved way far away. very, very quickly. a lot of people are coming down to bourbon street like nothing happened. a lot of bachelor parties and weddings. folks who were in new orleans anyway and had to hunker down at their hotels are coming back out like nothing happened. here in new orleans they had almost no impact. there was a curfew from

7:00 p.m. local until 8:30p.m. local. the mayor wanted everybody sheltering in place. he wanted the streets cleared for first responders. we were walking around in the french quarter during curfew, and it seems like nobody was listening. as soon as 8:3 some came around and the mayor said it's okay to go back outside, a lot of people did. it's a nice night here. there has not bench rain. the wind has died down. the bars are 70, people are enjoying themselves and they are breathing a sigh of relief. ahead of this curfew, there was a lot of concern. people remember what happened in katrina. new orleans is below sea level. the drainage system in those

pumps ended up being a big concern in the runup to nate. now it's opening elsewhere so people can get back to normal. kelly: obviously they are quite elated they dodged a bullet here. thank you. much more storm coverage still ahead. hurricane nate continues to move across the gulf coast. patti ann: we have more on how the various states prepared. (upbeat music) - [announcer] presenting the shark ion flex 2x. the free-standing, cord free vacuum that can live anywhere because it has two rechargeable batteries. that means you can always be charging, even while you're cleaning. with duo clean, multiflex, and powerful suction so you can go, and go, and go again. welcome to hassle-free runtime with shark.

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farther to the south we have had hours where we run back over warm water. landfall, i made the circumstance toll give an idea what we are looking at. it's when the eyewall hits landfall. there is your leading edge of the eyewall. this is the entire eye even thought it's weak on the backside. but it's the center of that. once the center of that eyewall hits land. that's when you call it a landfall. that's what we have seen. that continues to lift up to the north at this point. but their areas over along the coast, along i-10 where you are seeing strong wind. some of the heaviest rain and the storm surge.

but now that it's made landfall. the fast moving storm cutting off from that moisture. it will be important as we continue on through the overnight hours. i think we'll start to see the winds die down because of that landfall. the pressure of this at 984 continues to rise a little bit. that's trending in the right direction. it officially made landfall. it's still likely you will see storm surged the next several hours. but the beginning of the end now that we are cut off from that moisture. patti ann: all eyes on biloxi as hurricane nate made landfall there for a second time. we are joined by the director of the emergency management

administration for harrison county, mississippi, the county that includes biloxi. thank you for joining us. harrison county is the state's second most of populated county. it does include biloxi. what is the situation right now? >> what we have seen is it did look like it made landfall, the second landfall. probably somewhere biloxi, possibly over to pascagoula. we did see the storm surge that the weather service was talking about. we'll start doing some water he asments, high watermarks in the morning or as the sun starts to come up. probably 11-12 feet. we had a couple beachfront today i havcasinos with water but thee

designed for that. we had waters that were on the east lane, and in some places we had it in the westbound lane which is the north lane. we had flooding issues on your back bays which we anticipated. we'll start to do the assessment at the first light. we are under a curfew, we are encouraging our residents to say hunkered down. we are going to have to get to public works, road departments, our engineers out to start to clean the debris out of the roads. we have to check areas that had water into sure what the integrity of the roads and bridges are still safe. >> did you say some areas are

under hands tory evacuation? >> yes, the first one we did earlier yesterday morning is our breech front. anything south of the sea wall was under a hands tory evacuation. that started at 10-30 yesterday morning. then at 2:00 we did a mandatory vac casings our low-lying areas and flood-prone areas. that -- a lot of people have built homes, elevated post katrina. a lot of areas may be in our evacuation zones. we didn't call for the the was of those zones. just low-lying flood-prone areas. that coincided with our shelters being open to give them a safe place to go. patti ann: how are the shelters doing? >> doing good. they are finishing a midnight

count for us right now. but our 9:00 count we had, we had 542 residents that were seeking shelter in the various five 361 high wind shelters that were built post katrina. patti ann: 11-12-foot storm surge expected in the biloxi area. and you mentioned water in the first floors of some of the beach front casinos. it sounds like there will be damage that will take a while to recover from. >> the way they are designed, they will have to come in and cut out the sheet rock. but the lower floors are those that are designed, built out of concrete and materials that we have seen the water come into

them, they can quickly go in and cut them out. usually you don't have it run that low. they were designed for situations like this. patti ann: that's great news. you guys were well prepared for this. what about wind damage, power outages, et cetera. reporter: currently what we are looking at through our two bigger utility authorities. mississippi power had about 67 outages which affected about 1,724 customers. our post electric power association had outages affecting 8,360 residents. so we still have gusty winds of course. we have got trees throughout the county that we know that have

fallen, those are some of the power outage problems. companies can come out and start work after the sustained winds drop down to 25 miles per hour. we are not seeing sustained wind. some areas we are not seeing 35-mile-an-hour winds. some year still seeing gusty. they are going to start getting out to reestablish those power outages. and get things back to as much normal as we can. patti ann: rupert lacy, director of imagine management which includes biloxi where hurricane nate made landfall for the second time. best of luck to you. we are hoping for the best there. hurricane nate made its second landfall. sustained winds are 85 miles per hour. but that should start easing as

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kelly: billy hughes is the mayor of gulfport. how is your city doing tonight? landfall happened to your neighbor biloxi. >> landfall has pretty much gotten us all. but we are fortunate in the big picture. we have seen storms strengthen quickly. but this one has gotten a top speed of 26 miles per hour. but it's got to get them to punch through and leave. we are still watching the waters and we are getting a lot of gusts. it even took a while to feel the effectiveness. but it does not appear to have reached the high levels of 11 feet. but further over to biloxi, they are seeing a lot more of the surge in the lower elevations.

we have some in our neighborhoods. most of of the surge i think affected the inland streams and bayous more than it did the beach. kelly: does that affect people living near the areas. >> most of of them we recommended go to shelter or make sure they watch the storm or have provisions or secondary plans. they flooded before or had issues. most of our residents learned how to deal with it or prepare forget out of harm's way. kelly: what do you anticipate at the break of down when the sun is expected to shine tomorrow. >> that's a blessing and it will be welcome. i think that we always plan for the worst and hope for the best. i think we dodged a bullet here.

based on the assessments i'm getting from our teams. we have all non-essential personnel were sent home and didn't need to come in. our public works folks and first responders have been out and about check on folks. and outside of a lot of water on the roads. i think we are going to look pretty normal. i'm hoping that, other than a through downed trees and debris on the ground. the debris from the trees and shrubbery. but for the most of part people were responsible in the way they planned for this. we we compressed a lot of events we had going on. we had a large music festival we compressed from two days into one. the promoters got everybody out of town. so we didn't have a lot of potential for projectiles or

damage. unfortunately we have had a lot of on-the-job training. we would just as soon not have opportunities to practice. kelly: the foresight all of you use. what would you say to your first responders and all of those people with their blood and emergency management i should say. >> i would tell them thanks for getting the word out. but not taking it for granted. a category anything is a serious storm. we tend to discount category one, a three and above gets our attention very quickly. these things can change in a 24-hour period from a 1 to a 3 or 4. we didn't have to do a

evacuation order of our residents. this isn't their first rodeo. they are used to watching these and understanding where we need to put the word out. the other thing is letting folks know, particularly those in town for these festivals, is they methodically moved out. so we didn't have a huge traffic jam. so we were just methodical in how they responded to this threat. kelly: we hope things go well for you through the night and tomorrow. patti ann: they seem to have done a good job. kelly: we have video of what's going on in biloxi as well. biloxi is taking on the brunt of that landfall.

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