Hurricane Nate made landfall this weekend, causing power outages and flooding to the U.S. Gulf Coast before weakening to a tropical storm on Sunday. Nate was a Category 1 hurricane at landfall outside Biloxi, Miss., where the storm surge from the Mississippi Sound left debris on the city's main beachfront highway and flooded a casino's lobby and parking structure.

According to ABC News, Hurricane Nate drenched Central America with heavy rains that left 22 people dead before moving into the Gulf of Mexico. Nate initially made landfall in Louisiana Saturday night where officials feared the storm would overwhelm the fragile pumping system in New Orleans; however, the fears were unfounded as Nate continued on its path.

As of Sunday, more than 100,000 residents in Mississippi and Alabama were without power, but no storm-related deaths had been reported in those states or in Louisiana. Mississippi Emergency Management Agency spokesman Greg Flynn said roughly 1,100 people spent the night in shelters. Hurricane Nate is the first storm to make landfall in Mississippi since Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The storm quickly lost power and downgraded to a tropical depression as it moved toward Alabama and Georgia.

In Alabama, downtown Mobile experienced the storm's rising water which flooded homes and cars on the coast and inundated at least one major road.

After the storm passed, city employees in Biloxi worked to clean up debris on Highway 90. There was little to no major damages to structures that were visible. The storm surge receded around 6 a.m. Sunday and some businesses reopened before dawn.