Hurricane Delta is approaching the U.S. Gulf Coast just below Category 4 strength and is expected to bring severe conditions and life-threatening storm surge to southwest Louisiana later Friday, forecasters said.
Oct.9 (UPI) — Hurricane Delta is approaching the U.S. Gulf Coast just below Category 4 strength and is expected to bring severe conditions and life-threatening storm surge to southwest Louisiana later Friday, forecasters said. In its 4 a.m. CDT update, the National Hurricane Center said the hurricane was located 200 miles south of Cameron, La., and had maximum sustained winds of 120 mph. It was moving north-northwest at 12 mph. The storm would reach Category 4 strength with sustained winds of 130 mph. Delta strengthened into a Category 3 storm later on Thursday, and had been a Category 1 storm on Wednesday. “On the forecast track, the center of Delta will move inland within the hurricane warning area this evening,” the NHC said in its advisory. “Slow weakening is expected to begin as Delta approaches the northern Gulf coast later today, with rapid weakening expected after the center moves inland.
