The New Paper

October 12, 2020

Hurricane Delta makes landfall

Hurricane Delta made landfall in Louisiana on Friday. The Category 2 storm brought heavy rain and winds up to 100 mph, and left over 500k people without power across Louisiana, Texas, and Mississippi before ultimately weakening into a tropical depression. Delta marks the latest in a series of major storms to hit the southeastern US this year, including Hurricanes Sally and Laura.

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