Hurricane Zeta made landfall in the southern US state of Louisiana on Wednesday, the US Hurricane Center NHC reports. This was accompanied by wind speeds of approximately 175 kilometers per hour. It is already the sixth storm to rage across the state this year. The gusts will be felt far inland.
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The governors of the southern states of Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi declared a state of emergency in their area. The Category 2 hurricane is expected to be the worst storm to hit the region in the past decade.
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards called on the residents of his state to prepare for “ strong winds, possible tornadoes and power cuts. ” “Please heed the warnings from the local authorities, get informed and keep it safe,” he wrote on Twitter. The storm was already hitting
Additional resources
Zeta hit Mexico on Monday and has now landed in Louisiana. The federal government provides additional resources for that state. “The interior will feel the strong winds too,” said weather forecaster Daniel Brown Reuters. The hurricane will cause a six-foot storm surge from Port Fourchon, Louisiana, to the mouth of the Pearl River in Mississippi.
In New Orleans, public transportation was suspended, and residents living outside the city’s protective embankment were advised to get to safety in higher elevations. Some cities called for mandatory evacuations. 157 offshore oil and gas companies have already been evacuated. 1,400 emergency workers are ready to provide assistance after the storm.
On Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula – where Zeta first passed – gusts of wind of up to 130 kilometers per hour were measured, sometimes causing trees and electricity pylons to fail. In some places the power went out and there were floods, but there were no deaths.
It is the sixth hurricane to make landfall in the US this year. Only in 1985 and 1886 were so many hurricanes counted in one year, reports The Washington Post.
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