'It is common for many people to experience hurricane fatigue during a busy season, but we need everyone to take this threat seriously.' Hurricane Delta is intensifying rapidly and could reach Category 3 in the next 24 hours
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards warned coastal parishes that it is time to prepare for Hurricane Delta as it rapidly intensifies in the Caribbean.
"It is common for many people to experience hurricane fatigue during a busy season, but we need everyone to take this threat seriously," Edwards said.Delta rapidly strengthens to a hurricane, will threaten Gulf Coast late in the weekThe storm is expected to make landfall near Cancún as a likely Category 3 within the next 24 hours, according to CNN meteorologist Pedram Javaheri. But from there, it could turn toward the US Gulf Coast.On its way, it has been growing fast.
How to prepare for a hurricane 00:57An uncertain path toward the USDelta is poised to only get stronger as it nears the Yucatan Channel between Mexico and Cuba. Cuba and the eastern Yucatan, including the city of Cancún, are under hurricane warnings as the storm threatens to make landfall, Javaheri said.From Mexico, the storm is forecast to move into the western Gulf of Mexico Wednesday into Thursday but isn't expected to hit the US coast until Friday.
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