Zeta takes aim at U.S. Gulf Coast after drenching Mexico
Zeta is expected to regain strength as it moves over the Gulf of Mexico, prompting authorities to issue hurricane warnings in Louisiana and Mississippi.
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Zeta is expected to regain strength as it moves over the Gulf of Mexico, prompting authorities to issue hurricane warnings in Louisiana and Mississippi.
The formation of Zeta puts the 2020 hurricane season one name storm away from tying the all-time record.
Epsilon is the earliest 26th named storm in a record-breaking hurricane season.
The storm slammed the same region that was devastated by Hurricane Laura just six weeks ago.
Delta made landfall near Creole, Louisiana, as a Category 2 storm on Friday evening, but quickly weakened to a Category 1.
The Category 3 storm is growing more powerful and expected to hit Louisiana Friday evening.
Perhaps the most astonishing similarity is its extremely small eye. The smaller the eye, the faster the winds can circulate around the center.
Delta is forecast to make landfall on the U.S. Gulf Coast around Friday.
The storm is the latest to form in a hurricane season so active that forecasters have run out of traditional storm names.
The storm poses a "very significant threat" when it hits land this week, bringing "life-threatening" storm surge from Louisiana to the Mississippi/Alabama border.
The storm is bringing "catastrophic storm surge, extreme winds and flash flooding" to portions of the state.
Now a tropical depression, the once fierce hurricane is likely to turn right, head for Northeast, forecasters say. It's blamed for at least six U.S. deaths.
Major storms like Laura make up only 25% of landfalling hurricanes but cause 85% of the damage.
Laura could slam into land this week as a major storm with ferocious winds and deadly flooding.
Tropical storms Laura and Marco could hit just a few hundred miles apart within 48 hours of each other.
Hurricane Marco and Tropical Storm Laura are expected to make landfall this week amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Tropical-force winds will continue along the Gulf Coast from southeast Louisiana to Mississippi and Alabama, while storm surge and heavy rainfall is expected from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle.
A dog who survived Hurricane Dorian is being called a "miracle" in the Bahamas. The people who rescued the dog have named him Miracle because he survived underneath rubble for about a month. WPEC-TV's Lexi Nahl reports from Florida.
If it develops sustained winds of 39 mph or higher, the storm will be named Arthur.
"The ability to respond will be severely hindered," one expert warned.
At least eight of the 16 named tropical storms that are forecast will reach hurricane status with winds greater than 74 mph, according to Colorado State University.
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The hurricane is now a Category 4 storm with 140 mph winds and expected to make landfall over Florida
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