What is Hurricane Nate?
'''Hurricane Nate''' was a 2017 [[Atlantic hurricane]]. The storm developed on October 4, 2017. It was the costliest [[natural disaster]] in the history of [[Costa Rica]]. It caused heavy damage and fatalities in [[Central America]] while a [[tropical storm]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/hurricane-nate-makes-landfall-mouth-mississippi-river-southeastern/story?id=50339836|title=Nate downgraded to tropical storm, moves farther inland|website=ABC News|language=en|access-date=2019-10-17}}</ref> The storm became a hurricane while moving through the [[Yucatán Channel]]. Nate moved north-northwest at 29 miles an hour. It was the fastest-moving [[tropical cyclone]] ever recorded in the [[Gulf of Mexico]]. The hurricane later struck southeast [[Louisiana]] and southern [[Mississippi]] as a Category 1 hurricane. Nate was the fourth hurricane in the year to strike the [[United States]] or its territories. That had not happened in 12 years.<ref>{{cite news|title=Nate Slams Mississippi|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/10/08/hurricane-nate-fourth-to-strike-u-s-in-extraordinary-year-slams-mississippi-coast/?noredirect=on|access-date=May 9, 2018}}</ref> Nate caused 16 deaths in [[Nicaragua]], 14 in [[Costa Rica]], 7 in [[Panama]], five in [[Guatemala]], three in [[Honduras]], two in the [[United States]] and one in [[El Salvador]]. The number of people killed by Nate was 48. Damage from Nate was $787 million [[United States dollar|USD]]. The name ''Nate'' was retired on April 11, 2018 for its damage and death toll. It was replaced with ''Nigel'' for the 2023 season. ==References== <references/> {{DEFAULTSORT:Nate}} [[Category:2017 Atlantic hurricane season]] [[Category:Category 1 Atlantic hurricanes]] [[Category:Hurricanes in the United States]] [[Category:2017 in the United States]] [[Category:Retired tropical cyclone names]] {{weather-stub}}