Tropical Storm Nate : Louisiana Mississippi declare emergencies in coastal areas
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The most active hurricane season in more than a decade doesn’t seem to be letting up as  Tropical Storm Nate  roars toward Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula and threatens to hit the U.S. Gulf Coast  likely as a hurricane  this weekend.
Nate – the 15th system to form in the Atlantic basin – has already claimed 22 lives in Latin America  dumping as much as 6 to 10 inches of rain as it moved over Honduras.
In Nicaragua  Nate's arrival followed two weeks of near-constant rain that had left the ground saturated and rivers swollen. Authorities placed the whole country on alert and warned of flooding and landslides.
Louisiana's governor says Nate is forecast to move quickly  rather than stall and drop tremendous amounts of rain on the state. State officials hope that means New Orleans won't run into problems with its pumps being unable to handle the water.
The most active hurricane season in more than a decade doesn’t seem to be letting up as  Tropical Storm Nate  roars toward Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula and threatens to hit the U.S. Gulf Coast  likely as a hurricane  this weekend.
Nate – the 15th system to form in the Atlantic basin – has already claimed 22 lives in Latin America  dumping as much as 6 to 10 inches of rain as it moved over Honduras.
In Nicaragua  [TGT]'s arrival followed two weeks of near-constant rain that had left the ground saturated and rivers swollen. Authorities placed the whole country on alert and warned of flooding and landslides.
Louisiana's governor says [TGT] is forecast to move quickly  rather than stall and drop tremendous amounts of rain on the state. State officials hope that means New Orleans won't run into problems with its pumps being unable to handle the water.