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Hurricane Delta hits storm-battered US southern coast, with ‘life-threatening’ storm surge
- The hurricane caused damage in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula before making landfall in Louisiana, which was hit by a devastating storm two months ago
- This is the 10th named storm of the year to make US landfall, which meteorologists say is a record
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Hurricane Delta made landfall on the Louisiana coast on Friday evening, packing ferocious winds and a “life-threatening” storm surge – and driving out residents still rebuilding from a devastating storm less than two months ago.
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Delta became the 10th named storm of the year to make US landfall, a record, meteorologists said.
It roared ashore near Creole, Louisiana as a Category 2 storm on a scale of five, with winds of 100 miles per hour (155km/h), the National Hurricane Center said.
“Damaging winds and a life-threatening storm surge continue over portions of southern Louisiana,” it said, adding that one monitoring site was reporting a storm surge of eight feet (2.4 metres) above ground.
The storm – which the NHC said quickly weakened to a Category 1 as it moved inland – caused widespread power outages in the state.
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