Hurricane Nate remnants bring heavy rain possible floods to Northeast
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Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE Hurricane Nate blasted onto the Gulf Coast and lashed much of the Southeast with heavy rains and winds Sunday. USA TODAY
A gazebo is blown over the Mississippi Gulf Coast welcome sign near the intersection of Hewes Avenue and U.S. 90 in Gulfport  Miss.  on Oct. 8  2017  after  Hurricane Nate  made landfall on the Gulf Coast. (Photo: Justin Sellers  The Clarion-Ledger  via USA TODAY NETWORK)
 The remnants of Hurricane Nate  are delivering heavy but much-needed rain to portions of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast on Monday.
"For some areas   Nate  will bring the biggest rainfall in six to eight weeks or longer â AccuWeather meteorologist Alex Sosnowski said. Nearly half of the northeastern U.S. was described as "abnormally dry" in the most recent U.S. Drought Monitor  so the rain will help ease the near-drought conditions.
 Nate  was downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm and finally a tropical depression on Sunday as it raced north after making landfall along the Gulf Coast.
 Nate  crashed into the Gulf Coast as a Category 1 hurricane Saturday near the mouth of the Mississippi River before making landfall again early Sunday near Biloxi  Miss. The hurricane was the first to make landfall in the state since Katrina devastated much of the Gulf Coast in 2005.
Overall   Nate  spared the region the kind of catastrophic damage left by a series of hurricanes that hit the southern U.S. and Caribbean in recent weeks. No storm-related deaths or injuries were immediately reported.
 Nate  was the fourth hurricane to hit the U.S. and its territories in 2017  following Harvey  Irma and Maria. That's most U.S. hurricane strikes since 2005  when five hurricanes hit land.
Although  Nate  knocked out power to more than 100 000 residents in Mississippi  Alabama  Louisiana and Florida  crews restored much of the power grid within 24 hours.
The Mississippi coast "took a hard hit from  Nate  " the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency tweeted on Sunday. "The lack of major damage is a testament to the strong and smart rebuilding since Katrina."
Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE Hurricane Nate blasted onto the Gulf Coast and lashed much of the Southeast with heavy rains and winds Sunday. USA TODAY
A gazebo is blown over the Mississippi Gulf Coast welcome sign near the intersection of Hewes Avenue and U.S. 90 in Gulfport  Miss.  on Oct. 8  2017  after   [TGT] made landfall on the Gulf Coast. (Photo: Justin Sellers  The Clarion-Ledger  via USA TODAY NETWORK)
 The remnants of  [TGT] are delivering heavy but much-needed rain to portions of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast on Monday.
"For some areas   Nate  will bring the biggest rainfall in six to eight weeks or longer â AccuWeather meteorologist Alex Sosnowski said. Nearly half of the northeastern U.S. was described as "abnormally dry" in the most recent U.S. Drought Monitor  so the rain will help ease the near-drought conditions.
  [TGT] was downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm and finally a tropical depression on Sunday as it raced north after making landfall along the Gulf Coast.
 Nate  crashed into the Gulf Coast as a Category 1 hurricane Saturday near the mouth of the Mississippi River before making landfall again early Sunday near Biloxi  Miss. The hurricane was the first to make landfall in the state since Katrina devastated much of the Gulf Coast in 2005.
 [TGT] spared the region the kind of catastrophic damage left by a series of hurricanes that hit the southern U.S. and Caribbean in recent weeks. No storm-related deaths or injuries were immediately reported.
  [TGT] was the fourth hurricane to hit the U.S. and its territories in 2017  following Harvey  Irma and Maria. That's most U.S. hurricane strikes since 2005  when five hurricanes hit land.
Although   [TGT] knocked out power to more than 100 000 residents in Mississippi  Alabama  Louisiana and Florida  crews restored much of the power grid within 24 hours.
The Mississippi coast "took a hard hit from   [TGT] " the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency tweeted on Sunday. "The lack of major damage is a testament to the strong and smart rebuilding since Katrina."