7:30 LRN Newscast

Hurricane Delta is a Category Three storm as it moves towards landfall in southwest Louisiana later today. The center of the storm is 160 miles south of Cameron. Cameron Sheriff Ron Johnson says the community is preparing for a wide variety of problems that come with a storm…
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Six weeks ago, Hurricane Laura produced significant wind damage as far north as the Monroe area. But Ben Schott with the National Weather Service says they do not anticipate Delta producing the same type of destruction as Laura did…
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Delta is expected to be a Category Two storm when it makes landfall tonight.

Hurricane Delta is once again expected to knock out power for thousands. Delta comes six weeks after Hurricane Laura knocked out power for over 500-thousand Lousiana customers. Entergy CEO Philip May says while the power has been restored, crews are still performing gridwork…
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Cleco says it has secured nearly two-thousand additional workers to respond to Hurricane Delta.

Delta is moving at 12 miles per hour and it’s not expected to linger once it makes landfall. The National Hurricane Center projects that Delta will be a tropical storm in central Louisiana around midnight tonight. Wind damage is expected in Cenla as well. Avoyelles Parish Emergency Preparedness Director Joey Frank asks residents to refrain from cruising the streets during or immediately after the storm…
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