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Added on the 09/10/2020 01:21:12 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Hurricane Delta shortly after making landfall on the US Gulf Coast, roaring ashore as a Category 2 storm with winds of 100 miles per hour (155 kilometers per hour). As it hit Creole, Louisiana, Delta became the 10th named storm of the year to make US landfall, a record, meteorologists say.
Hurricane Norma strengthened to a Category 3 storm as it approaches a tourist hotspot on Mexico's Pacific coast. The hurricane -- which at one point was a Category 4 out of five on the Saffir-Simpson scale -- is now packing maximum sustained winds of 195 kilometers per hour (120 miles per hour), the US National Hurricane Center says in its latest update. IMAGES
Streets are deserted following evacuations in Lake Charles, Louisiana, where Hurricane Delta caused yet more damage in a city where debris already littered the ground following the passage of Hurricane Laura on August 20. IMAGES
Hurricane Delta churns toward the Louisiana coast, packing ferocious winds and the potential for a dangerous storm surge and flooding -- prompting the evacuation of people still rebuilding from a devastating storm less than two months ago. IMAGES
A loaded sky threatens Lake Charles, in Louisiana, as Hurricane Delta approaches the United States coast. IMAGES