Hurricane Delta 'rapidly intensifies' to Category 4 storm
Mexico began evacuating tourists and residents from coastal areas along its Riviera Maya Tuesday. Quintana Roo Gov. Carlos Joaquin said that buses were already carrying people off Holbox Island and all of the hotels in Puerto Morelos were busing their guests inland to government shelters.
A dock is closed to the public before Hurricane Delta arrives near Playa del Carmen, Mexico, early Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Tuesday that 5,000 federal troops and emergency personnel were being made available in Quintana Roo to aid in storm efforts. Once Delta moves through Mexico, the storm is expected to curve in the Gulf of Mexico and take aim around Friday on the U.S. Gulf Coast.pulling nonessential workers from platformsRight now, it appears Louisiana will take the brunt of the worst of the impacts from this storm, but everyone along the coast needs to pay attention to the path of Delta. "Expecting a Category 4 storm, that's not good news," Dean said Tuesday. " Really all of the Gulf Coast states need to monitor this."As the storm gets closer to the U.S., the potential for heavy rain and flash flooding will extend from the Gulf Coast to the Tennessee River Valley and across the Southeast. Heavy rain and a flash flooding threat are possible into the weekend as Hurricane Delta approaches the Gulf Coast of the U.S. Dangerous rip currents are also impacting Gulf Coast beaches, according to the National Weather Service forecast office in Mobile, Ala. Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards urged residents to prepared, tweeting Tuesday the storm "will affect Louisiana and everyone needs to prepare accordingly." In a news release on Monday, the governor said the State Emergency Operations Center has remained activated since March due to the ongoing COVID-19 fight and multiple tropical threats, including the ongoing recovery for Hurricane Laura. “It’s unfortunate to have another system threaten Louisiana’s coastal parishes, but it is a situation we are prepared to handle," the governor said in a statement. "It is common for many people to experience hurricane fatigue during a busy season, but we need everyone to take this threat seriously." If the storm makes landfall in the U.S., it would be the 10th storm to do so this season, which could break the record for storms to directly strike the continental U.S. "I know we don't need to hear this, another hurricane, perhaps major hurricane making landfall once again this year which is going to be quite unfortunately dangerous for this area," Dean said Tuesday.
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