Mississippi, USA (CCTV) — Hurricane Nate is now a tropical depression, after it hit the American Gulf Coast on Oct 8.
The storm brought strong winds, heavy rains, and surged from Florida to Louisiana.
One of the hardest hit cities is Biloxi in the state of Mississippi, with the coastal region suffering the most as winds reached 136 kilometers an hour.
The storm moved rapidly through the Gulf of Mexico, flooding many casinos dotting the shoreline in the town of Biloxi.
Nate pushed tons of sand on the main state road – Highway 90 that runs parallel to the water. The storm weakened quickly as it moved over land.
Gulf Coast residents in Mississippi who listened to howling wind and driving rain that accompanied the hurricane ashore, said it appears the region fared better than many had anticipated.
“I thought it was going to be a lot worse. I was honestly very surprised. I have been through hurricanes before, but this was a real light one,” said Alexander, a local resident.
Hurricane Nate is the fourth powerful storm rolling through the warm Atlantic waters in the past couple of months.