The 4 PM update shows Hurricane Delta is losing organization and now sits just 35 miles off the coast of Cameron Parish. The system is still expected to make landfall as a category two storm sometime in the next few hours and current projections show it weakening quickly once it moves inland to a tropical storm, but due to its sheer size we will likely be seeing tropical-storm-force winds across at least half of the state by 8 pm tonight.
Governor Edwards warns that we’ve already seen rain bands dump up to ten inches over parts of the Baton Rouge area and while only five to ten inches of rain are expected for most of the state it certainly is possible we could see isolated pockets of up to 15 inches of rains in some parts…
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With rain bands now pummeling the southwest, we have flash flood warnings now in effect for Lake Charles, Sulphur, and Moss Bluff.
After Hurricane Laura, most of the fatalities that followed the storm were a result of generators. Brooke Thorington has tips on proper usage.
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State Climatologist Barry Keim says the good news is Delta won’t take long to leave due to its brisk 14 mile per hour pace…