Zeta barrels across Southeast after battering weary coast

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Zeta sped across the Southeast, leaving a trail of damage and more than 2 million homes and businesses in the dark in Atlanta and beyond after pounding New Orleans with winds and water that splintered homes and were blamed for at least two deaths.

A passing car's headlights illuminate a darkened Bourbon Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020. Hurricane Zeta passed through Wednesday leaving much of the city and metro area without power.

The latest punch from a record hurricane season left people shaken. Will Arute said it sounded like a bomb went off when part of a large oak snapped outside his home in New Orleans, and part of the tree crashed into his car and a corner of his home. Officials said life-threatening conditions would last into the day, with Zeta crossing the mid-Atlantic states as a tropical storm before moving offshore around Delaware and southern New Jersey.

Morning rush hour happened as usual in Atlanta, but commuters had to dodge downed trees and navigate their way past signals with no power. Trees blocked Interstate 985 near Buford in the far northeastern suburbs, as well as some lane of Interstate 20 near downtown, the Georgia Department of Transportation said.

In Louisiana, Gov. John Bel Edwards was expected Thursday to tour the coastal regions hardest hit by the storm. And as neighbors and church groups started reaching out to help those affected, he also highlighted the need to protect against the coronavirus at the same time.Zeta left much of New Orleans and the surrounding area was without power as 200 falling trees and more limbs pulled down utility lines.

 

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