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The powerful storm is bringing record-low temperatures, widespread power outages and hazardous conditions to a swath of the country the National Weather Service calls "unprecedented and expansive."
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The 27th named storm of the season promises heavy rain and damaging winds. It's set to make landfall in the U.S. on Wednesday.
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Delta brought more damage to areas already hit hard by Hurricane Laura in August. By Saturday morning, the storm had weakened to a tropical depression, but more rain was expected in nearby states.
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It came ashore as a Category 2 storm with winds of 100 mph. The winds quickly dropped to Category 1 level.
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Hurricane Delta brought a dangerous storm surge to Mexico's Yucatán resort area. Delta could develop 120-mph winds by late Thursday, the National Hurricane Center says.
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Delta went through "a very impressive rapid intensification episode," the National Hurricane Center said Tuesday morning after the storm strengthened to Category 4. It's weakened somewhat since then.
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"All of Louisiana needs to prepare," says Gov. John Bel Edwards. Delta, which is headed first for Cuba and Mexico, is part of a storm season that exhausted the usual list of alphabetized names.
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Hurricane Laura rapidly intensified before it made landfall. Abnormally hot water in the Gulf of Mexico helped it gain power.
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Tropical Storm Laura is expected to make landfall on the Texas-Louisiana border late Wednesday or early Thursday. Forecasts have both storms bringing heavy rain to some of the same areas in Louisiana.