Only 12 miles east of where hurricane laura made landfall. It did make landfall as a category two, and the forecast appears to have been quite accurate as a relates to the searc wind and rain. Highest totals were in lake charles. Additionally the baton rouge area received over 10 inches of rain in the same time. , evenas a very big storm if it was not as powerful as hurricane laura. It was bigger. It is obvious the hardest hit areas appeared to be southwest of louisiana. Obviously this was a serious, that, powerful storm produced significant amounts of damage. Alreadye get there, we know there will be damage in southwest louisiana that will be very difficult to differentiate what was cause by hurricane laura and what was caused by hurricane delta, but we know tens of thousands of inisiana and as we speak are a difficult situation, and we will do everything we can working with federal and local partners to make sure we are addressing their needs as soon as we also became your the thanna
Terrifying early days and with it a reason to be hopeful. And President Trump saying nope to the virtual debate he wants to get back on the road it is friday, october 9, and this is Worldwide Exchange right here on cnbc everybodys working for the weekend especially wants a new romance with all due respect to lover boy, no, we are not. Lets all agree, you and i, im looking at you, it is 5 00 and were not working on the weekend, were going to rest and im going to sleep all weekend good morning, good afternoon, good evening and welcome happy friday, even im Brian Sullivan lets kick it off with stock futures because they are higher. Dow futures up 96 points, the major averages all coming off their third positive session in the last four. And the dow quietly on track for its best week since early august and file this under you cant keep a good market down. The dow transports higher once again yesterday hitting yet another record high, that index up more than 4 since monday trucks and trains
Practice coronavirus mitigation measures. Good afternoon. Head out to to survey the damage from hurricane delta. Before i left, i wanted to give you a brief statement, an overview of what we know. First of all, hurricane delta as forecasted made landfall last night near cleo, louisiana. Only about 12 miles east of where hurricane laura made landfall. It made landfall as a category two, and the forecast appears to have been quite accurate as it relates to the surge, the wind and rain. The highest rainfall totals were in lake charles, over 15 minutes in the last 48 hours. In baton rouge, they received over 10 inches of rain in the same time. Obviously this was a very big storm, even if it wasnt quite as powerful as hurricane laura, it was much bigger. While the impacts were evidenced across a large portion of the state, it is obvious the hardest hit areas appear to to be southwest louisiana and cameron, geoff davis, allen, vermillion and acadia parish. , larges a very serious and powerfu
This is a special edition of the news with shepard smith. Hurricane delta makes landfall and good evening from cnbc the hurricane moments away from landfall right now and frankly, about to make history. Hurricane delta is closing in on the southwestern coast of louisiana as a very powerful category 2 storm delta is set to become the tenth named storm to strike the United States this year that has never happened in recorded history never have there been ten named storms i want to show you where we are right now. This is the radar. You can see part of the eye has already come ashore just south and east of lake charles, louisiana. The storm has been weakening throughout the afternoon it was 115 miles an hour four hours ago, maximum sustained winds now 100 miles an hour. The minimum pressure has risen that means the storm is getting weaker the higher the pressure, the weaker the storm, because its a low pressure center. Right now its moving toward land, and part of that eye is already over
Landfall. It made landfall as a category two, and the forecast appears to have been quite accurate as it relates to the surge, the wind and rain. The highest rainfall totals were in lake charles, over 15 minutes in the last 48 hours. In baton rouge, they received over 10 inches of rain in the same time. Obviously this was a very big storm, even if it wasnt quite as powerful as hurricane laura, it was much bigger. While the impacts were evidenced across a large portion of the state, it is obvious the hardest hit areas appear to to be southwest louisiana and cameron, geoff davis, allen, vermillion and acadia parish. , larges a very serious and powerful storm that produced significant amounts of damage. Before we get there, we already know there will be damage in southwest louisiana that will be difficult to differentiate between what was caused by hurricane laura and what was caused by hurricane delta, but what we know is that tens of are inds of louisianans a difficult situation and we