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Agence France-Presse

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.
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.

In Lake Charles, a city in southwest Louisiana that was hit hard by Hurricane Laura on August 20, the streets were deserted on Friday as a steady rain fell ahead of Delta’s arrival.
The city is still in disarray from the more powerful Laura, which was a Category 4 and ripped roofs off houses and uprooted trees. Streets are still littered with debris.
“I don’t even know if we’ll have a house when we come back,” said resident Kimberly Hester. “I just pray to God every night we can at least have a house to come home to.”
Arthur Durham, 56, was finishing covering windows at his home with plywood as protection against flying debris.
“I stayed for the last one. I’m pretty well prepared. I have a generator backup, tools, equipment … I’m pretty self-sufficient,” he said. “I’m used to this.”
Earlier, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards announced that 2,400 National Guard personnel had been mobilised to aid locals.
Hurricane Delta will hit “in the area of our state that is least prepared to take it”, he said, warning that Delta could sweep up old debris and hurl it like missiles.

In Lake Charles, Shannon Fuselier drilled plywood over the windows of a friend’s home.
Many neighbourhood houses are covered with tarpaulins from previous hurricane damage, and the home Fuselier was working on had already suffered roof damage from a fallen tree and smashed windows during Laura.
“The branches and leaves don’t do that much damage,” said Fuselier, 56. “It’s pieces of metal, steel, frames of other people’s windows, signs from people’s stores, nails.”
Fuselier said she was staying because she didn’t think the storm was strong enough for her to flee.
US oil faces biggest threat in 15 years as Hurricane Laura approaches
Traffic was jammed on Thursday as people left Lake Charles.
Terry Lebine evacuated to the town of Alexandria, some 100 miles (150km) to the north, during the previous hurricane, and was ready to head out again.
“It’s exhausting,” she said. “I’ve got my mother, she’s 81 years old and not in the best of health. Right after we went back home after Laura, we have to leave again for Delta. We were home a good two to three weeks.”

The storm toppled trees and tore down power lines in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula on Wednesday as it swept over the western Gulf of Mexico. But the region escaped major destruction and no deaths were reported.
Delta is the 26th named storm of an unusually active Atlantic hurricane season.
US Gulf coast braces for hurricane double hit
In September, meteorologists were forced to break out the Greek alphabet to name Atlantic storms for only the second time ever, after the 2020 hurricane season blew through their usual list, ending on Tropical Storm Wilfred.
As the ocean surface warms due to climate change, hurricanes become more powerful. Scientists say there will likely be an increase in powerful Category 4 and 5 storms.


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Hurricane Delta hits storm-battered US southern coast, with ‘life-threatening’ storm surge

Hurricane Delta made landfall on the US Gulf coast on the evening of October 9, the National Hurricane Center said, roaring ashore as a Category 2 storm. Photo: AFP

The roof of a building damaged by Hurricane Delta is seen at Lake Arthur, Louisiana, U.S., October 9, 2020, in this still image from video obtained via social media. Adam Fields via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.

A truck flipped on its side due to winds from Hurricane Delta is seen at Lake Charles, Louisiana, U.S., October 9, 2020, in this still image from video obtained via social media. Adam Fields via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.

Storm surge in Lake Charles as Hurricane Delta makes landfall in Lake Charles, Louisiana, U.S., on Friday, Oct. 9, 2020. Delta slammed into the U.S. Gulf Coast with a deadly storm surge and violent winds, threatening to batter an area of Louisiana still recovering from Hurricane Laura. Photographer: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg

At least six dead as Hurricane Laura leaves trail of destruction on US Gulf coast

Homes lie destroyed and immersed in water in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura near Hackberry, Louisiana, on Thursday. Photo: Reuters

A couple, Lonnie Gatte and Teri Goleman, kisses after returning to their residence, a 40 foot camping trailer, to find it completely destroyed in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura in Sulphur, Louisiana, U.S., August 27, 2020. REUTERS/Adrees Latif TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

A chemical fire burns at a facility during the aftermath of Hurricane Laura Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020, near Lake Charles, La. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Apocalyptic scenes after Bahamas pulverised by monster Hurricane Dorian

An aerial view of devastation after Hurricane Dorian hit the Abaco Islands in the Bahamas. Photo: Reuters

An aerial view shows devastation after hurricane Dorian hit the Abaco Islands in the Bahamas, September 3, 2019, in this still image from video obtained via social media. Terran Knowles/Our News Bahamas/via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.

An aerial view of the Marsh Harbour Airport after hurricane Dorian hit the Abaco Islands in the Bahamas, September 3, 2019, in this still image from video obtained via social media. Terran Knowles/Our News Bahamas/via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.

Matthew Aylen wades through waist deep water as he is rescued from his flooded home during Hurricane Dorian in Freeport, Bahamas, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019. Practically parking over the Bahamas for a day and a half, Dorian pounded away at the islands Tuesday in a watery onslaught that devastated thousands of homes, trapped people in attics and crippled hospitals. Matthew Aylen is the son of Photojournalist Tim Aylen, author of this photo. (AP Photo/Tim Aylen)

This aerial photo provided by Medic Corps, shows the destruction brought by Hurricane Dorian on Man-o-War Cay, Bahamas, Tuesday, Sept.3, 2019. Relief officials reported scenes of utter ruin in parts of the Bahamas and rushed to deal with an unfolding humanitarian crisis in the wake of Hurricane Dorian, the most powerful storm on record ever to hit the islands. (Medic Corps via AP)

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President Donald Trump speaks during a briefing with state and local officials on the response to Hurricane Michael on Monday in Macon, Georgia. From left, Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, FEMA administrator Brock Long, first lady Melania Trump, Trump, Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black, and Governor Nathan Deal. Photo: AP

FEMA director Brock Long, right, talks with from left, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, Florida Gov. Rick Scott, President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump and Margo Anderson, Mayor of Lynn Haven, Fla., second from right, as they tour a neighborhood affected by Hurricane Michael, Monday, Oct. 15, 2018, in Lynn Haven, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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How climate change could cause more mega-storms like Super Typhoon Mangkhut and Hurricane Florence

As ocean temperatures rise with global warming, the tropical cyclones that threaten both East Asia and the Atlantic seaboard could grow in strength and intensity

A member of the Philippine Air Force stands in front of a satellite image of Typhoon Mangkhut, locally named Typhoon Ompong, at the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council operations center in metropolitan Manila, Philippines on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018. Philippine officials have begun evacuating thousands of people in the path of the most powerful typhoon this year, closing schools and readying bulldozers for landslides. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Heavy waves hit Atlantic Beach in North Carolina on Thursday as the outer edges of Hurricane Florence reach the US. Photo: AFP

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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



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 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

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