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The storm is expected to make landfall Monday as a Category 4 hurricane. Its arrival comes as the region is still recovering from Hurricane Eta, which killed at least 150 people earlier this month.
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The storm slammed into southern Louisiana as a Category 2 with stronger than expected winds, but it's moving quickly over the Gulf Coast. Officials warn of powerful storm surges and high winds.
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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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"If ordered to evacuate by local officials, leave!" the National Weather Service office in New Orleans says. Delta's possible path includes Cameron, La., which is recovering from Hurricane Laura.
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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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There's only been one other year — 2005 — that Greek names have been needed. The National Hurricane Center on Friday announced storms called Alpha and Beta have formed in the Atlantic.
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When the storm's eyewall moved onshore around 1 a.m. ET, forecasters told people in its path, "TAKE COVER NOW!"
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The storm made landfall at 1 a.m. ET with maximum sustained winds of 150 miles per hour, just 7 miles per hour short of Category 5 classification.