October 10, 2020 - Hurricane Delta

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   The historic 2020 Atlantic hurricane season is not done yet.

   Hurricane Delta—the 25th named storm of the season—made landfall near
   Creole, Louisiana around 2300 UTC (7:00 p.m. EDT) on October 9. The
   National Hurricane Center (NHC) reports that Delta carried maximum
   sustained winds of 100 mph (155 km/h) at landfall, making it a strong
   Category 2 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. A
   storm surge of over 8 feet above ground level at Freshwater Canal
   Locks, Louisiana and a record-setting surge of over 9 feet has been
   reported south-southwest of Lafayette, Louisiana.

   The strong winds and life-threatening storm surge battered the same
   region struck by Hurricane Laura on August 27 when it made landfall
   near Cameron, Louisiana carrying maximum sustained winds of 150 mph
   (240 km/h). The Category 4 storm killed at least 42 people in the
   United States and damage estimates add up to about $14 billion dollars
   to southwestern Louisiana, southeastern Texas, and the Gulf of Mexico.
   Hurricane Delta’s landfall was only 13 miles east from the landfall of
   Hurricane Laura.

   Once ashore, Hurricane Delta quickly weakened to Category 1 status as
   it continued to drench Louisiana. At 0200 UTC on October 10 (10:00 p.m.
   EDT October 9), Hurricane Delta was carrying maximum sustained winds of
   80 mph (130 km/h). It was located about 10 mi (20 km) north of
   Jennings, Louisiana and about 35 mi (60 km) east north-east of Lake
   Charles, Louisiana. The storm was moving north-northeast at 15 mph (24
   km/h). The NCH forecasts that Delta is expected to weaken to a tropical
   storm on the night of October 9 and to a tropical depression by the
   afternoon of October 10. It should dissipate by October 12, well
   inland.

   The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board
   NASA's Terra satellite acquired a true-color image of Hurricane Delta
   as it approached Louisiana on October 8.

   Image Facts
   Satellite:
   Date Acquired: 10/8/2020
   Resolutions:  1km (567.4 KB),  500m (1.9 MB),  250m (5.5 MB)
   Bands Used: 1,4,3
   Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC



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