St. Louis. All eyes right now are on the water here in gulfport. Nates potentially deadly storm surge could do the most damage. Thats what concerns me is the surge. Yeah. Reporter hundreds of people werent taking any chances. They filled up sand bags ahead of the storms arrival. We dont want what happened with katrina to happen with one of these parish. Reporter a water spot was spotted in orange beach alabama. With hurricane at nights we season storm surges and high probability of tornadoes and wind damage. Reporter nate is the fourth latest storm to hit United States in less than two months. Court tee, cbs news gulfport, mississippi. Meteorologist lauren casey is watching nate as hurricane smashes into the gulf coast tonight. Shes life in the Weather Center right now tracking the storm as it spins and churns over mississippi and new orleans as well. Lauren . Thanks natasha. We can see storm surge as high as 11 feet that is going to be a concern with Hurricane Nate has made one landfa
The surge. Yeah. Reporter hundreds of people werent taking any chances. They filled up sand bags ahead of the storms arrival. We dont want what happened with katrina to happen with one of these parish. Reporter a water spot was spotted in orange beach alabama. With hurricane at nights we season storm surges and high probability of tornadoes and wind damage. Reporter nate is the fourth latest storm to hit United States in less than two months. Court tee, cbs news gulfport, mississippi. Meteorologist lauren casey is watching nate as hurricane smashes into the gulf coast tonight. Shes life in the Weather Center right now tracking the storm as it spins and churns over mississippi and new orleans as well. Lauren . Thanks natasha. We can see storm surge as high as 11 feet that is going to be a concern with Hurricane Nate has made one landfall and nearing a secondary landfall likely along the mississippi coastline so heres the center of circulation of Hurricane Nate or the eye of the hurrican
Right along casino row, some of these casinos took on water but that water has since receded inside and outside and if you want to look at other debris there is ross on the road, and there is winds on the road in some area that we cannot access. Police are telling us there are light poles, and piers that flew off of the beach on the road, so jan, widespread damage across the area, and at some point this morning clean up will begin. Right now, courtney we are seeing your video as well. It looks like really strong wind there, how did this hurricane or the Tropical Storm now compared to some we have seen in the pennsylvania. Reporter well, i was just in irma and harvey and i have to say that those were a lot stronger, we also had a lot more prep time for those and they lasted longer. This was a fast one, nate was in and out, so, even if it were a strong as those it was so fast, that it didnt do as much damage as some of the other storms, including maria and jose that we have seen so far t
Just came by and moved out the rocks that were in the road, and, as soon as the sun came up. Power co will be, working to get lights back on, about a hundred thousand people, are without power in mississippi and florida, anal bam a. There was water inside these casinos because of the flooding and storm surge. That water has since receded but they, jan after lot of clean up to do as well. We saw a lot of the video there. Describe to us the most severe impact you are seeing this morning along the gulf coast. Reporter well, it is storm surge, because as the debris it left behind. Along one road between gulf port, biloxi which is a 15 to 20mile stretch, there are light poles in the road,piers from beach that he is blew off we cannot access those road because is there too much debris. We have seen the flooding, inside casinos and parking garage, but the good news is all this is we have not heard of any casualties at this time , jan. Definitely good news, courtney. It seems like a lot of pre