That’s a bigger impact than Hurricane Laura.
No deaths had been reported as a result of Delta as of early Saturday afternoon, with another positive being that the storm passed through quickly, leading to conditions Saturday that should allow for much of the power that had been lost to be restored.
Damage is again significant in parts of southwest Louisiana that were hit hard by Laura, including the city of Lake Charles, which had a peak wind gust of 94 mph, leading to tarps being blown off of houses that had roof damage from Laura. Homes also flooded in parts of southwest Louisiana, after some areas received more than 17 inches of rain.Delta was downgraded to a tropical depression late Saturday morning, though it will continue to bring the possibility of flash flooding as it continues northeast, even bringing the threat to the New York City area early next week, according to theDelta was the 25th named storm in the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, which is moving at the fastest pace since record-keeping started in 1851.
while moving over the Caribbean Sea last week, with winds of 145 mph. On Friday, it became the 10th named storm to make landfall in the U.S. in one year, breaking a record that had stood since 1916.Delta is the strongest storm to ever be named after a letter of the Greek alphabet, put in use since the normal storm name list ran out. Four more storms need to form for 2020 to beat out 2005 as the most active season in terms of named storms in recorded history.
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