Powerful Hurricane Nate made a second landfall along the US Gulf Coast early Sunday, after leaving a trail of death and destruction in Central America.

Around 1:30 am (0530 GMT), the US National Hurricane Center said the storm struck about five miles (eight kilometers) west of Biloxi, Mississippi, where storm surges caused sea water to rise dramatically. 

Nate was packing winds of up to 85 miles per hour and was moving northwards at 20 miles per hour