![]() "It's the apprehension of the waiting," New Orleans resident Russell Talluto told the CBS affiliate there, WWL-TV. Edwards also issued an emergency declaration in August for storm-related flooding in New Orleans. In August, a weakened Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Louisiana after dealing a devastating blow to Texas and then nudging back into the Gulf of Mexico. The northern Gulf Coast areas targeted by Nate largely have been spared the worst effects of a catastrophic hurricane season, but Louisiana's emergency declaration for Nate isn't its first since the start of the summer. A damaged boat is pictured on the shore of San Juan del Sur Bay after tropical storm Nate in San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua October 6,2017. Ingalls Shipbuilding, the Mississippi coast's largest industrial employer, announced Friday that only a skeleton crew of necessary employees would work Saturday and Sunday at the Pascagoula shipyard. The event continued as normal Friday, but Saturday's events were cancelled, replaced by a brief closing ceremony.Äozens of offshore oil and gas platforms and drilling rigs in the Gulf of Mexico have been evacuated as Nate churns through warm waters. Biloxi firefighters warned more than 700 recreational vehicle campers that they may need to leave early. The storm threatened to disrupt one of the Mississippi coast's biggest annual tourist events, the "Cruisin' the Coast" auto show. "If you are in an area that has flooded, I would recommend you evacuate that area until the storm has ended and the water has receded for your own personal safety and for the safety of the first responders that will be responding in the event you are trapped," Bryant said. State officials, at a briefing Friday in Gulfport, warned that Nate's main danger in that state will be from up to 10 feet of storm surge in low-lying coastal areas, as well as from winds that could damage mobile homes. Phil Bryant declared a state of emergency in six southernmost counties. "We don't anticipate that this is going to cause a devastating impact to New Orleans or exceed the ability for the pumps," Gov. Deadly Tropical Storm Nate heading for U.S.
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