Tropical Storm Nate Forms In Caribbean, Threatens Gulf Coast Landfall As Hurricane By Weekend

With just weeks having passed since Hurricane Harvey demolished southern Texas, Hurricane Irma devastated the Florida Keys and Hurricane Maria wiped out Puerto Rico, a new storm, Tropical Storm Nate, has just formed in the Southern Caribbean and looks set to strengthen to a hurricane just before making landfall in the Gulf this weekend.
As AccuWeather points out this morning, Nate is currently expected to make landfall somewhere between Louisiana and the Florida panhandle as a Cat-1 storm on Sunday even though they warn that it could strengthen rapidly once it hits the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
Tropical Depression 16 has strengthened to Tropical Storm Nate near the Atlantic coast of Nicaragua and will threaten part of the southern United States as a hurricane this weekend.
Since Nate will be moving inland over the U. S. this weekend, people may have little time to react and prepare for a tropical storm or hurricane.
“Nate will make landfall along the U. S. upper Gulf coast on Sunday,” according to AccuWeather Meteorologist Brett Rossio.
The U. S. Gulf coast areas from Florida to Alabama, Mississippi and southeastern Louisiana may be at risk for damaging winds, coastal flooding, rough surf and beach erosion this weekend and into early next week.
“In all likelihood, this storm will impact areas not severely impacted by Harvey or Irma. The extent of the damage will depend, of course, on the precise path and whether the storm intensifies beyond a Category 1 storm,” AccuWeather Founder, President and Chairman Dr. Joel N. Myers said. “The most likely place for it to hit is the Florida Panhandle.”

This post was published at Zero Hedge on Oct 5, 2017.