Ports begin to reopen after Nate

NEW ORLEANS - The Coast Guard has completed its initial assessments of waterways along the Gulf Coast on Oct. 8 following Hurricane Nate. The Mobile Captain of the Port has reopened the ports of Panama City, Fla., and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway east of mile marker 207, and the Mobile River, Black Warrior River and Tombigbee Waterway System north of the Arlington Channel. The ports of Mobile, Ala.; Gulfport and Pascagoula, Miss,; Pensacola, Florida, and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway between mile markers 45-207 remain closed in Port Condition Zulu. The Port of New Orleans was reopened Oct. 7. (Source: Coast Guard 10/08/17)