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Pumpkins are strewn about Highway 90 along the Gulf of Mexico in Pass Christian, Miss., in the aftermath of Hurricane Nate, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Pumpkins are strewn about Highway 90 along the Gulf of Mexico in Pass Christian, Miss., in the aftermath of Hurricane Nate, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
AP Photo/Gerald Herbert
Pumpkins are strewn along the Gulf of Mexico in Pass Christian, Miss., in the aftermath of Hurricane Nate, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Pumpkins are strewn along the Gulf of Mexico in Pass Christian, Miss., in the aftermath of Hurricane Nate, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
AP Photo/Gerald Herbert
Crimson Peters, 7, right, Tracy Neilsen, 13, center top, Macee Neilsen, 15, center, and Tim Neilsen III, 16 ride an inter tube as their dog "Chevy" trials behind them down a flooded street after Hurricane Nate, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017, in Coden, Ala. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
Crimson Peters, 7, right, Tracy Neilsen, 13, center top, Macee Neilsen, 15, center, and Tim Neilsen III, 16 ride an inter tube as their dog “Chevy” trials behind them down a flooded street after Hurricane Nate, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017, in Coden, Ala. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
AP Photo/Brynn Anderson
BAYOU LA BATRE, AL - OCTOBER 8: Tara Marshall cleans up Marshall Marine after the store took three feet of storm surge from Hurricane Nate on October 8, 2017 in Bayou La Batre, Alabama. Hurricane Nate made its second landfall along the north Mississippi Gulf Coast as a category 1 hurricane Sunday before weakening to a tropical storm. (Photo by Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images)
Tara Marshall cleans up Marshall Marine after the store took 3 feet of storm surge from Hurricane Nate on Oct. 8, 2017 in Bayou La Batre, Alabama. Hurricane Nate made its second landfall along the north Mississippi Gulf Coast as a category 1 hurricane Sunday before weakening to a tropical storm. (Photo by Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images)
Photo by Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images
BAYOU LA BATRE, AL - OCTOBER 8: Greg Marshall (L) and Kyle Porter clean up Marshall Marine after the store took three feet of storm surge from Hurricane Nate on October 8, 2017 in Bayou La Batre, Alabama. Hurricane Nate made its second landfall along the north Mississippi Gulf Coast as a category 1 hurricane Sunday before weakening to a tropical storm. (Photo by Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images)
Greg Marshall (L) and Kyle Porter clean up Marshall Marine after the store took 3 feet of storm surge from Hurricane Nate on Oct. 8, 2017 in Bayou La Batre, Alabama. Hurricane Nate made its second landfall along the north Mississippi Gulf Coast as a category 1 hurricane Sunday before weakening to a tropical storm. (Photo by Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images)
Photo by Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images
BAYOU LA BATRE, AL - OCTOBER 8: Tracy Goleman (R) rakes up the debris and litter from Hurricane Nate from the Goleman family plot with his nieces (L-R) Natalina Nicolas, 8, and Briana Nicolas, 10 at the Oddfellows Cemetery on October 8, 2017 in Bayou La Batre, Alabama. Hurricane Nate made its second landfall along the north Mississippi Gulf Coast as a category 1 hurricane Sunday before weakening to a tropical storm. (Photo by Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images)
Tracy Goleman (R) rakes up the debris and litter from Hurricane Nate from the Goleman family plot with his nieces (L-R) Natalina Nicolas, 8, and Briana Nicolas, 10, at the Oddfellows Cemetery on Oct. 8, 2017 in Bayou La Batre, Alabama. Hurricane Nate made its second landfall along the north Mississippi Gulf Coast as a category 1 hurricane Sunday before weakening to a tropical storm. (Photo by Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images)
Photo by Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images
BILOXI, MS - OCTOBER 8: Biloxi residents venture out just after dawn to survey the damage after the eye of Hurricane Nate made its second landfall on October 8, 2017 in Biloxi, Mississippi. Hurricane Nate came ashore on the north Mississippi Gulf Coast as a category 1 hurricane Sunday before weakening to a tropical storm. (Photo by Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images)
Biloxi residents venture out just after dawn to survey the damage after the eye of Hurricane Nate made its second landfall on Oct. 8, 2017 in Biloxi, Mississippi. (Photo by Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images)
Photo by Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images
The gunman, who was nude at the time of the shooting, fled the scene. (Getty Images)
Waffle House employees take a smoke break at their restaurant, which sits 75 feet from the beach, as the eye of Hurricane Nate pushes ashore in Biloxi, Mississippi, Oct. 7, 2017. (Photo by Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images)
Photo by Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images
BILOXI,MS-OCTOBER 8, 2017: Lanny Dean, from Tulsa, Oklahoma, takes video as he wades along a flooded Beach Boulevard next to Harrahs Casino as the eye of Hurricane Nate pushes ashore in Biloxi, Mississippi October 8, 2017. Hurricane Nate flooded the parking garage and first floors of Golden Nugget, Harrahs and other casinos as it made a second landfall on the Mississippi coast as a category 1 storm. (Photo by Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images)
Lanny Dean, from Tulsa, Oklahoma, takes video as he wades along a flooded Beach Boulevard next to Harrahs Casino as the eye of Hurricane Nate pushes ashore in Biloxi, Mississippi, Oct. 8, 2017. Hurricane Nate flooded the parking garage and first floors of Golden Nugget, Harrahs and other casinos as it made a second landfall on the Mississippi coast as a category 1 storm. (Photo by Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images)
Photo by Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images
GULFPORT,MS-OCTOBER 7, 2017: A family takes photos of the Gulf of Mexico in Gulfport, Mississippi as Hurricane Nate approaches the northern Mississippi Gulf Coast on October 7, 2017 in Gulfport, Mississippi. Nate is expected to make landfall in the overnight hours as a category 2 storm. (Photo by Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images)
A family takes photos of the Gulf of Mexico in Gulfport, Mississippi, as Hurricane Nate approaches the northern Mississippi Gulf Coast on Oct. 7, 2017 in Gulfport, Mississippi. (Photo by Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images)
Photo by Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images
GULFPORT,MS-OCTOBER 7, 2017: Hannah Jacole Powell-Yost takes photos of a danger sign in the Gulf surf in Gulfport, Mississippi as Hurricane Nate approaches the northern Mississippi Gulf Coast on October 7, 2017 in Gulfport, Mississippi. October 7, 2017. Nate is expected to make landfall in the overnight hours as a category 2 storm. (Photo by Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images)
Hannah Jacole Powell-Yost takes photos of a danger sign in the Gulf surf in Gulfport, Mississippi, as Hurricane Nate approaches the northern Mississippi Gulf Coast on Oct. 7, 2017 in Gulfport, Mississippi. (Photo by Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images)
Photo by Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images
NEW ORLEANS, LA - OCTOBER 07: A woman dances in the street in the French Quarter before Hurricane Nate makes landfall on October 7, 2017 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Nate is expected to make landfall as a category 2 hurrincane near Biloxi, Mississippi later this evening. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
A woman dances in the street in the French Quarter before Hurricane Nate makes landfall on Oct. 7, 2017 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images
NEW ORLEANS, LA - OCTOBER 07: A pair of Storm Troopers walk through Jackson Square in the French Quarter as feeder bands fom Hurricane Nate begin to come a shore on October 7, 2017 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Nate is expected to make landfall as a category 2 hurricane near Biloxi, Mississippi later this evening. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
A pair of Storm Troopers walk through Jackson Square in the French Quarter as feeder bands from Hurricane Nate begin to come ashore on Oct. 7, 2017 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images
NEW ORLEANS, LA - OCTOBER 07: Tourists run to avoid the rain as strong winds and heavy rain from Hurricane Nate begin to come ashore on October 7, 2017 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Nate is expected to make landfall as a category 2 hurricane near Biloxi, Mississippi later this evening. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
Tourists run to avoid the rain as strong winds and heavy rain from Hurricane Nate begin to come ashore on Oct. 7, 2017 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images
A large truck drives through a flooded Water St. in downtown Mobile, Ala., during Hurricane Nate, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017, in Mobile, Ala. Hurricane Nate came ashore along Mississippi's coast outside Biloxi early Sunday, the first hurricane to make landfall in the state since Hurricane Katrina in 2005. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
A large truck drives through a flooded Water St. in downtown Mobile, Ala., during Hurricane Nate, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017, in Mobile, Ala. Hurricane Nate came ashore along Mississippi’s coast outside Biloxi early Sunday, the first hurricane to make landfall in the state since Hurricane Katrina in 2005. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
AP Photo/Brynn Anderson
A woman wades through a flooded Water St. in downtown Mobile, Ala., during Hurricane Nate, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017, in Mobile, Ala. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
A woman wades through a flooded Water St. in downtown Mobile, Ala., during Hurricane Nate, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017, in Mobile, Ala. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
AP Photo/Brynn Anderson
A woman wades through a flooded Water St. in downtown Mobile, Ala., during Hurricane Nate, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017, in Mobile, Ala. Hurricane Nate came ashore along Mississippi's coast outside Biloxi early Sunday, the first hurricane to make landfall in the state since Hurricane Katrina in 2005.(AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
A woman wades through a flooded Water St. in downtown Mobile, Ala., during Hurricane Nate, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017, in Mobile, Ala. Hurricane Nate came ashore along Mississippi’s coast outside Biloxi early Sunday, the first hurricane to make landfall in the state since Hurricane Katrina in 2005. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
AP Photo/Brynn Anderson
A plant blows Hurricane Nate, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017, in Mobile, Ala. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
A plant blows Hurricane Nate, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017, in Mobile, Ala. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
AP Photo/Brynn Anderson
A sailboat is washed up on the beach in Biloxi, Miss., early Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017, after Hurricane Nate came ashore on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Hurricane Nate brought flooding and power outages to the Gulf Coast as it sloshed ashore outside Biloxi early Sunday, the first hurricane to make landfall in Mississippi since Hurricane Katrina in 2005. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy)
A sailboat is washed up on the beach in Biloxi, Miss., early Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017, after Hurricane Nate came ashore on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Hurricane Nate brought flooding and power outages to the Gulf Coast as it sloshed ashore outside Biloxi early Sunday, the first hurricane to make landfall in Mississippi since Hurricane Katrina in 2005. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy)
AP Photo/Jeff Amy
Rain drops fall on a flooded street in downtown Mobile, Ala., during Hurricane Nate, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2017. Hurricane Nate came ashore along Mississippi’s coast outside Biloxi early Sunday, the first hurricane to make landfall in the state since Hurricane Katrina in 2005. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
AP Photo/Brynn Anderson
David Amerson, left, and T.J. Krueger, right, wade through a flooded street during Hurricane Nate, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017, in Mobile, Ala. Hurricane Nate came ashore along Mississippi’s coast outside Biloxi early Sunday, the first hurricane to make landfall in the state since Hurricane Katrina in 2005. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
AP Photo/Brynn Anderson
Workers close the floodgate separating St. Bernard Parish from the East Bank of Plaquemines Parish, in Violet, La., in preparation for Hurricane Nate, expected to make landfall on the Gulf Coast, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
AP Photo/Gerald Herbert
A beachgoer relaxes on Navarre Beach on Saturday Oct. 7, 2017 as Hurricane Nate pushes waves from the Gulf of Mexico against the Navarre Beach Fishing Pier in Navarre Beach, Fla. (Nick Tomecek/Northwest Florida Daily News via AP)
Nick Tomecek/Northwest Florida Daily News via AP
The wind from Hurricane Nate pushes waves from the Santa Rosa Sound on Saturday Oct. 7, 2017 across the Navarre Beach causeway in Navarre Beach, Fla. (Nick Tomecek/Northwest Florida Daily News via AP)
Nick Tomecek/Northwest Florida Daily News via AP
Gulf Coast waves crash against rocks as winds continue to speed up in Coden, Ala., on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017, ahead of Hurricane Nate, expected to make landfall on the Gulf Coast later in the day. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
AP Photo/Brynn Anderson
Red flags fly at Navarre Beach, Florida indicating that people should not swim in the Gulf of Mexico as Hurricane Nate approaches the Gulf Coast, on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017. (Nick Tomecek/Northwest Florida Daily News via AP)
Nick Tomecek/Northwest Florida Daily News via AP
People fill sandbags to prepare for Hurricane Nate in Moss Point, Miss., on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017. Storm surge threatens many low-lying neighborhoods in city, which was heavily flooded during 2005’s Hurricane Katrina. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy)
AP Photo/Jeff Amy
Ray Courterier and his daughter Alicia drink beer at a beachfront bar as Hurricane Nate approaches the Gulf coast in Pensacola Beach, Fla., on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017. Coastal residents from Louisiana to the Florida panhandle braced for the effects of fast-moving Hurricane Nate, expected to hit sometime Saturday night. (AP Photo/Brendan Farrington)
AP Photo/Brendan Farrington
Boat hand Wayne Hall helps to secure the boat “Jeraline” in Bayou La Batre, Ala., on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017, ahead of Hurricane Nate, expected to make landfall on the Gulf Coast later in the day. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
AP Photo/Brynn Anderson
Neighbors walk under the rain past a washed out road in Alajuelita on the outskirts of San Jose, Costa Rica, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017. Tropical Storm Nate formed off the coast of Nicaragua on Thursday and was being blamed for at least 17 deaths in Central America as it spun north toward a potential landfall on the U.S. Gulf Coast as a hurricane over the weekend. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Neighbors walk under the rain past a washed out road in Alajuelita on the outskirts of San Jose, Costa Rica, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017. Tropical Storm Nate formed off the coast of Nicaragua on Thursday and was being blamed for at least 17 deaths in Central America as it spun north toward a potential landfall on the U.S. Gulf Coast as a hurricane over the weekend. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
AP Photo/Moises Castillo
Neighbors walk under the rain past a washed out road in Alajuelita on the outskirts of San Jose, Costa Rica, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017. Tropical Storm Nate formed off the coast of Nicaragua on Thursday and was being blamed for at least 17 deaths in Central America as it spun north toward a potential landfall on the U.S. Gulf Coast as a hurricane over the weekend. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
AP Photo/Moises Castillo
A couple cross a bridge over the Maria Aguilar river on the outskirt San Jose, Costa Rica, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017. Tropical Storm Nate formed off the coast of Nicaragua on Thursday and was being blamed for at least 17 deaths in Central America as it spun north toward a potential landfall on the U.S. Gulf Coast as a hurricane over the weekend. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
AP Photo/Moises Castillo
A cyclist rides over a bridge over the Maria Aguilar river on the outskirt San Jose, Costa Rica, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017. Tropical Storm Nate formed off the coast of Nicaragua on Thursday and was being blamed for at least 17 deaths in Central America as it spun north toward a potential landfall on the U.S. Gulf Coast as a hurricane over the weekend. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
AP Photo/Moises Castillo
Bobby Williams, left, and his son, Bobby, Jr., take down the sign for their charter boat at the Biloxi, Miss., Small Craft Harbor on Friday, Oct. 6, 2017. Gulf Coast residents were bracing Friday for a fast-moving blast of wind, heavy rain and rising water as Tropical Storm Nate threatened to reach hurricane strength before a weekend landfall. (John Fitzhugh/The Sun Herald via AP)
John Fitzhugh/The Sun Herald via AP
Workers observe a landslide on the outskirt San Jose, Costa Rica, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017. Tropical Storm Nate formed off the coast of Nicaragua on Thursday and was being blamed for at least 17 deaths in Central America as it spun north toward a potential landfall on the U.S. Gulf Coast as a hurricane over the weekend. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
AP Photo/Moises Castillo
A men at work sign stands on a washed out road in Alajuelita on the outskirts of San Jose, Costa Rica, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017. Tropical Storm Nate formed off the coast of Nicaragua on Thursday and was being blamed for at least 17 deaths in Central America as it spun north toward a potential landfall on the U.S. Gulf Coast as a hurricane over the weekend. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
A men at work sign stands on a washed out road in Alajuelita on the outskirts of San Jose, Costa Rica, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017. Tropical Storm Nate formed off the coast of Nicaragua on Thursday and was being blamed for at least 17 deaths in Central America as it spun north toward a potential landfall on the U.S. Gulf Coast as a hurricane over the weekend. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
AP Photo/Moises Castillo
Neighbors walk under the rain past a washed out road in Alajuelita on the outskirts of San Jose, Costa Rica, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017. Tropical Storm Nate formed off the coast of Nicaragua on Thursday and was being blamed for at least 17 deaths in Central America as it spun north toward a potential landfall on the U.S. Gulf Coast as a hurricane over the weekend. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Neighbors walk under the rain past a washed out road in Alajuelita on the outskirts of San Jose, Costa Rica, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017. Tropical Storm Nate formed off the coast of Nicaragua on Thursday and was being blamed for at least 17 deaths in Central America as it spun north toward a potential landfall on the U.S. Gulf Coast as a hurricane over the weekend. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
AP Photo/Moises Castillo
New Orleans residents fill sand bags in preparation for Tropical Storm Nate on October 6, 2017 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Nate is expected to become a Catagory 1 Hurricane as it enters the Gulf of Mexico this weekend. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
New Orleans residents fill sand bags in preparation for Tropical Storm Nate on October 6, 2017 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Nate is expected to become a Catagory 1 Hurricane as it enters the Gulf of Mexico this weekend. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images
New Orleans residents fill sand bags in preparation for Tropical Storm Nate on October 6, 2017 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Nate is expected to become a Catagory 1 Hurricane as it enters the Gulf of Mexico this weekend. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
New Orleans residents fill sand bags in preparation for Tropical Storm Nate on October 6, 2017 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Nate is expected to become a Catagory 1 Hurricane as it enters the Gulf of Mexico this weekend. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images
New Orleans residents fill sand bags in preparation for Tropical Storm Nate on October 6, 2017 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Nate is expected to become a Catagory 1 Hurricane as it enters the Gulf of Mexico this weekend. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
New Orleans residents fill sand bags in preparation for Tropical Storm Nate on October 6, 2017 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Nate is expected to become a Catagory 1 Hurricane as it enters the Gulf of Mexico this weekend. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images
Map tracks the forecast and positioning outlook for Hurricane Nate. (AP/p.holm)
AP/p.holm
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Pumpkins are strewn about Highway 90 along the Gulf of Mexico in Pass Christian, Miss., in the aftermath of Hurricane Nate, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Pumpkins are strewn along the Gulf of Mexico in Pass Christian, Miss., in the aftermath of Hurricane Nate, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Crimson Peters, 7, right, Tracy Neilsen, 13, center top, Macee Neilsen, 15, center, and Tim Neilsen III, 16 ride an inter tube as their dog "Chevy" trials behind them down a flooded street after Hurricane Nate, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017, in Coden, Ala. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
BAYOU LA BATRE, AL - OCTOBER 8: Tara Marshall cleans up Marshall Marine after the store took three feet of storm surge from Hurricane Nate on October 8, 2017 in Bayou La Batre, Alabama. Hurricane Nate made its second landfall along the north Mississippi Gulf Coast as a category 1 hurricane Sunday before weakening to a tropical storm. (Photo by Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images)
BAYOU LA BATRE, AL - OCTOBER 8: Greg Marshall (L) and Kyle Porter clean up Marshall Marine after the store took three feet of storm surge from Hurricane Nate on October 8, 2017 in Bayou La Batre, Alabama. Hurricane Nate made its second landfall along the north Mississippi Gulf Coast as a category 1 hurricane Sunday before weakening to a tropical storm. (Photo by Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images)
BAYOU LA BATRE, AL - OCTOBER 8: Tracy Goleman (R) rakes up the debris and litter from Hurricane Nate from the Goleman family plot with his nieces (L-R) Natalina Nicolas, 8, and Briana Nicolas, 10 at the Oddfellows Cemetery on October 8, 2017 in Bayou La Batre, Alabama. Hurricane Nate made its second landfall along the north Mississippi Gulf Coast as a category 1 hurricane Sunday before weakening to a tropical storm. (Photo by Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images)
BILOXI, MS - OCTOBER 8: Biloxi residents venture out just after dawn to survey the damage after the eye of Hurricane Nate made its second landfall on October 8, 2017 in Biloxi, Mississippi. Hurricane Nate came ashore on the north Mississippi Gulf Coast as a category 1 hurricane Sunday before weakening to a tropical storm. (Photo by Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images)
The gunman, who was nude at the time of the shooting, fled the scene. (Getty Images)
BILOXI,MS-OCTOBER 8, 2017: Lanny Dean, from Tulsa, Oklahoma, takes video as he wades along a flooded Beach Boulevard next to Harrahs Casino as the eye of Hurricane Nate pushes ashore in Biloxi, Mississippi October 8, 2017. Hurricane Nate flooded the parking garage and first floors of Golden Nugget, Harrahs and other casinos as it made a second landfall on the Mississippi coast as a category 1 storm. (Photo by Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images)
GULFPORT,MS-OCTOBER 7, 2017: A family takes photos of the Gulf of Mexico in Gulfport, Mississippi as Hurricane Nate approaches the northern Mississippi Gulf Coast on October 7, 2017 in Gulfport, Mississippi. Nate is expected to make landfall in the overnight hours as a category 2 storm. (Photo by Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images)
GULFPORT,MS-OCTOBER 7, 2017: Hannah Jacole Powell-Yost takes photos of a danger sign in the Gulf surf in Gulfport, Mississippi as Hurricane Nate approaches the northern Mississippi Gulf Coast on October 7, 2017 in Gulfport, Mississippi. October 7, 2017. Nate is expected to make landfall in the overnight hours as a category 2 storm. (Photo by Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images)
NEW ORLEANS, LA - OCTOBER 07: A woman dances in the street in the French Quarter before Hurricane Nate makes landfall on October 7, 2017 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Nate is expected to make landfall as a category 2 hurrincane near Biloxi, Mississippi later this evening. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
NEW ORLEANS, LA - OCTOBER 07: A pair of Storm Troopers walk through Jackson Square in the French Quarter as feeder bands fom Hurricane Nate begin to come a shore on October 7, 2017 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Nate is expected to make landfall as a category 2 hurricane near Biloxi, Mississippi later this evening. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
NEW ORLEANS, LA - OCTOBER 07: Tourists run to avoid the rain as strong winds and heavy rain from Hurricane Nate begin to come ashore on October 7, 2017 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Nate is expected to make landfall as a category 2 hurricane near Biloxi, Mississippi later this evening. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
A large truck drives through a flooded Water St. in downtown Mobile, Ala., during Hurricane Nate, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017, in Mobile, Ala. Hurricane Nate came ashore along Mississippi's coast outside Biloxi early Sunday, the first hurricane to make landfall in the state since Hurricane Katrina in 2005. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
A woman wades through a flooded Water St. in downtown Mobile, Ala., during Hurricane Nate, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017, in Mobile, Ala. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
A woman wades through a flooded Water St. in downtown Mobile, Ala., during Hurricane Nate, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017, in Mobile, Ala. Hurricane Nate came ashore along Mississippi's coast outside Biloxi early Sunday, the first hurricane to make landfall in the state since Hurricane Katrina in 2005.(AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
A plant blows Hurricane Nate, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017, in Mobile, Ala. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
A sailboat is washed up on the beach in Biloxi, Miss., early Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017, after Hurricane Nate came ashore on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Hurricane Nate brought flooding and power outages to the Gulf Coast as it sloshed ashore outside Biloxi early Sunday, the first hurricane to make landfall in Mississippi since Hurricane Katrina in 2005. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy)
Neighbors walk under the rain past a washed out road in Alajuelita on the outskirts of San Jose, Costa Rica, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017. Tropical Storm Nate formed off the coast of Nicaragua on Thursday and was being blamed for at least 17 deaths in Central America as it spun north toward a potential landfall on the U.S. Gulf Coast as a hurricane over the weekend. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
A men at work sign stands on a washed out road in Alajuelita on the outskirts of San Jose, Costa Rica, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017. Tropical Storm Nate formed off the coast of Nicaragua on Thursday and was being blamed for at least 17 deaths in Central America as it spun north toward a potential landfall on the U.S. Gulf Coast as a hurricane over the weekend. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Neighbors walk under the rain past a washed out road in Alajuelita on the outskirts of San Jose, Costa Rica, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017. Tropical Storm Nate formed off the coast of Nicaragua on Thursday and was being blamed for at least 17 deaths in Central America as it spun north toward a potential landfall on the U.S. Gulf Coast as a hurricane over the weekend. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
New Orleans residents fill sand bags in preparation for Tropical Storm Nate on October 6, 2017 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Nate is expected to become a Catagory 1 Hurricane as it enters the Gulf of Mexico this weekend. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
New Orleans residents fill sand bags in preparation for Tropical Storm Nate on October 6, 2017 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Nate is expected to become a Catagory 1 Hurricane as it enters the Gulf of Mexico this weekend. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
New Orleans residents fill sand bags in preparation for Tropical Storm Nate on October 6, 2017 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Nate is expected to become a Catagory 1 Hurricane as it enters the Gulf of Mexico this weekend. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON — Nate, which weakened to a tropical depression, flew over the central Gulf of Mexico on Saturday, reducing in strength as it moved inland over Mississippi and Alabama.

Forecasters predicted the storm would hit the U.S. Gulf Coast sometime during Saturday night. Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama have declared states of emergencies.

Hurricane Nate has already killed 21 people in Central America.

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