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Delta Strengthening Again
Top winds in Delta are back up to 90 mph as the well-organized storm moves away from the Yucatan Peninsula. It could be a major hurricane again by this time tomorrow. Continue reading
Hurricane Delta Back over the Gulf of Mexico; Expected to Re-Intensify into a Major Hurricane
Life-threatening storm surge and damaging winds increasing likely along portions of the northern Gulf Coast beginning Friday. Continue reading
7 a.m. Advisory: Hurricane Delta Crossing the Yucatan, Will Reach the Louisiana Coast During the Day Friday
Confidence is increasing that Hurricane Delta will make landfall on the Louisiana coast Friday around lunchtime, a little faster than earlier forecast. Continue reading
Late Evening Look at Hurricane Delta: Top Winds 130 mph
The wind field with Hurricane Delta will be expanding, so the impacts will be felt over a wide area when the storm reaches the Gulf Coast with life-threatening surge and destructive winds as well as flooding rains. And the flooding rains will extend well inland. Continue reading
Hurricane Delta Heading Toward Cozumel and the Yucatan; Poses Major Threat to the U.S. Gulf Coast
Delta will be the fifth hurricane to strike the United States this year, equalling the number observed in 2005. Continue reading
A Look at Delta at 4 p.m.: Winds up to 145 mph
Hurricane Delta will impact the northern Gulf Coast on Friday as a category three storm. It will bring widespread high winds, storm surge, and flooding rains to a wide area. Continue reading
Delta Now Has Winds of 140 mph: A Few Notes and the Advisory at 1 p.m.
Hurricane Delta will cross the Yucatan Wednesday morning and begin moving over the southern and Central Gulf of Mexico. It will reach the Gulf Coast Friday night somewhere between Louisiana and the western Florida Panhandle. It will bring dangerous storm surge, hurricane and tropical storm force winds, and very heavy rainfall to a large swath of the northern Gulf Coast Friday and Friday night and into interior sections of the Gulf States Saturday and Sunday. Continue reading
Hurricane Delta Continues to Strengthen Rapidly…Top Winds up to 100 mph
Top winds in the storm have increased by 65 mph since this time yesterday. Further strengthening is expected today. Continue reading
10 a.m. Update on Delta and Gamma
Residents along the Gulf Coast from Louisiana to Northwest Florida need to pay attention to the very latest information on Delta, which will enter the Gulf of Mexico Tuesday night as an intensifying hurricane and will make landfall somewhere between Lake Charles and Panama City early Friday. Continue reading
We Have Tropical Storm Delta
Satellite pictures this morning indicate that the system in the western Caribbean continues to become better organized and is now a tropical storm. Continue reading
