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Tropical Storm Nate Heads Toward The U.S.

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A couple cross a bridge over the Maria Aguilar river 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. (Moises Castillo/AP)
A couple cross a bridge over the Maria Aguilar river 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. (Moises Castillo/AP)

The Gulf Coast is expecting another big storm, just weeks after hurricanes Harvey and Irma. Tropical Storm Nate, which battered parts of Central America Thursday, could reach U.S. shores as a hurricane by the weekend.

Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson gets the latest from meteorologist Jeff Huffman (@HuffmanHeadsUp) of the Florida Public Radio Emergency Network.

This segment aired on October 6, 2017.

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