Zeta has been blamed for deaths in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Georgia, at least 3 deaths across South.
Zeta is roaring across the Southeast on Thursday, threatening to bring more damage from its powerful winds as the scope of the destruction spawned by the storm is being revealed along the Gulf Coast.
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The storm made landfall as a Category 2 hurricane in southeastern Louisiana, packing winds of 110 mph before quickly roaring through the metro New Orleans area. Zeta has since weakened to a tropical storm, but it’s still blasting the region with 60 mph winds.
“A tropical storm that made landfall yesterday across Louisiana, fifth named storm to make landfall across that state, as almost a Category 3 storm,” Fox News senior meteorologist Janice Dean said on “Fox & Friends.” “We certainly saw those wind gusts over parts of Louisiana. Very strong winds over Mississippi and even New Orleans.”
The storm has been blamed for at least three deaths so far. In Louisiana, a 55-year-old man died after a coroner said he was electrocuted by a downed power line in New Orleans. In Georgia, authorities said a man was killed when high winds caused a tree to fall onto a mobile home in Cherokee County.
In Mississippi, a man died in Biloxi after he was taking video of the storm and drowned at a marina, the Sun Herald reported.
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards was expected Thursday to tour the coastal regions hardest hit by the storm. And as neighbors and church groups started reaching out to help those affected, he also highlighted the need to protect against the coronavirus at the same time.
“Offer the help, but do it with a mask on,” he said. Read more from Fox News.
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