Hurricane Nate weakens to tropical storm as Gulf coast escapes worst

Flooding and power outages on US mainland but no deaths or injuries immediately reported from storm that killed at least 21 in Central America

Hurricane Nate brought flooding and power outages to the US Gulf coast as it sloshed ashore outside Biloxi early on Sunday, the first hurricane to make landfall in Mississippi since Katrina in 2005. Nate killed at least 21 people in Central America.

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