Hundreds of thousands without power as tropical Storm Delta soaks the Gulf Coast

The Louisiana governor said in a tweet Saturday that Delta has abandoned the hazards, including flood-prone roads, and has since turned down lightning, warning that the hazards should not be taken lightly.

“Everyone needs to be vigilant, keep listening to local officials, and stay safe,” said Governor John Bell Edwards.

The governor’s office said it had no news of the deaths early Saturday, but the hurricane’s move could be treacherous. Hurricane Laura in Louisiana and Texas hit the hurricane in just 7 of the 32 days. The main cause of others was carbon monoxide poisoning from generators used in places without electricity. Others died in an accident while cleaning.

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Some of those who survived Hurricane Laura were again hunted with Delta.

Ginny-Marie Gove could hear the sound of debris knocking on her door in Lafayette, Louisiana, as her patio gates opened and closed as Delta hit.

Gove tweeted, “Gusts of wind are blowing glass from our windows inwards.” “It’s pretty scary.”

Nick Hunter, mayor of Lake Charles, spoke to the Associated Press shortly after Delta’s arrival in downtown. He said stars were flying over homes across the city, and nearby iles were flowing around the gullies, some of them floating in the ocean water.

Hunter said he thinks more people have migrated to Delta than Laura, reducing emergency call calls in the worst of storms. In the area of ​​the tragedy, people were waiting for the water to return before they even got a full view of the damage.

“I believe the Delta could actually be a flood issue rather than the Laura I was looking at and the one I’m hearing about right now,” Meyer said Friday night.

“We really just need people so they don’t forget about us,” Hunter said. “We will be in recovery mode for months and maybe many years from these two hurricanes. It’s just the unprecedented and historic history that has happened to us.”

Parish of Louisiana is experiencing heavy rains from the Hurricane Delta. Calcashiu Parish Sheriff Tony Mancuso told KPLC-TV early Saturday morning that vehicles had turned over Interstate-10 West and said residents of the evacuated area should not be in a hurry to return.

He said the situation had been “dangerous”.

Still, anyone who can’t afford to go for more than several days can go back, he said, but with caution. People just need to “use some good understanding.”

He said rising water was the biggest problem, and flood-prone areas were flooded.

On Saturday morning, 2,500 members of the Louisiana National Guard were scrambling for help in the hardest-hit areas, CBS News’ Miriam Villarreal reports.

The wind was blowing at a speed of 100 miles per hour as the delta hit following an almost identical path like Hurricane Laura.

“I want people to be optimistic, because we’re doing everything we can to get them right again,” Louisiana Governor John Bell Edwards promised at a news conference.

Delta IV is the fourth hurricane to hit Louisiana in 2020.

Lake Charles Minister Darren Worthington, whose church coordinates relief efforts, called the effects of the storm “devastating.” He expressed confidence in his city bouncing back, but acknowledged that a series of storms have begun this season.

“The need is so great. It’s absolutely enormous. If you’ve walked around, and I know you have, you’ll only see blue markings, under the fence, on every roof.”

“It’s just been that kind of year.”

As of Saturday morning, reports of more than 1,000,000 lightning strikes in three states have been circulating inside the Delta. More than 586,600 were reported in Louisiana, 103,598 in Texas and 67,873 in Mississippi.

Delta brought a new round of destruction to communities built by Hurricane Laura. It landed near the coastal town of Creole – just 15 miles or so from where Laura broke the ground in August. It then turned directly onto Lake Charles, a town about 30 miles inland, where previous hurricanes had damaged almost every home and building, and where dark pillows, woody plants and other debris still lined the streets.

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The National Hurricane Center said several tornadoes were possible Saturday in Alabama, eastern Mississippi, Florida Panhandle and west / central Georgia.

The Delta is also expected to receive 2 to 5 inches of rain in Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi – with up to 10 inches in some areas.

The Hurricane Center said early Saturday that the amount of rain would cause flooding in floodplains, urban areas, small streams and small rivers.

Trying to sleep on Friday night at Lake Charles, 30 kilometers from the ceiling of Orchestra Jack’s bedroom on the Delta coast. Jack said the ash covering Laura did not fly as Hurricane Laura damaged her home.

“It’s raining hard; it’s flooding; the wind is strong,” Jake said Friday night. “I’m fine. I’m not worried about anything, just praying that everything goes well.”

In the city of Arthur Lake, the winds of the Delta blew from the roof of the El Bonca Elbergo Hotel, an eight-room boutique hotel used in the bank.

“I probably don’t have a shine left on top of this hotel,” owner Roberta Palermo said, gesturing out to the wind.

Palmero said the power went out and he could see pieces of metal coming from the roof of a 100-year-old building around the street. Unsafe trash cans were flying in the streets.

Hotel guest Johnny Weaver said, “There are a lot of power lines all over the place, there is really cold water in certain places.”