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
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
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
Years since Hurricane Katrina hit some of the same areas on the forecast map, most specifically, you will remember, louisiana. Governor bill edwards just gave this stern warning moments ago. We need everyone in Southeast Louisiana paying close attention to the storm and heeding the warnings that have been going out for a number of hours now. Youre going to hear ranges of storm surge that we havent heard in louisiana since hurricane audrey in 1957. You are going to hear the word unsurvivable, and harris President Trump tweeted my administration is engaged in state and local managerss to assist great people of texas, louisiana and arkansas. Listen to local officials, we are with us, exclamation point. Charles watson is reporting from lake charles, louisiana. Charles. Charles hi, harris, the Hurricane Center storms storm surge could reach unsurvivable 20 feet in parts of texas and louisiana. In lake charles, businesses are closing up shop. Take a loob at this store, you see the sand bags
With the damage there. Good to see you. The sun is shining right now. So, so different from 12 hours ago. More than 2500 members of the Louisiana National guard have now been activated across the state. Theyre helping with the recovery, doing things like distribution of food and water, also helping to roux he re remove some of the debris from roadways. Most of the evacuation orders remain in place, there is localized flooding in and around lake charles and coastal spots. Check this out from creole, louisiana where Health Care Delta made landfall last night as a category 2, very, very close to where hurricane laura hit six weeks ago as a cat 4. They said this was a couple of feet, not as high as an original forecast is. However, more rain did fall, more than 14 inches in some places and a handful of high water rescues have been carried out. Listen. People are trapped by flood water. Theres debris thats keeping them from being able to get out as well and they dont have vehicles to travel