Zeta has re-strengthened and is now a category one hurricane as it moves northwestward in the Gulf of Mexico. The National Hurricane Center says maximum sustained winds are at 75 miles per hour. Zeta is forecast to make landfall in southeastern Louisiana this afternoon.
Governor Edwards asks residents in southeast Louisiana to do their due diligence ahead of Zeta’s late-season arrival this afternoon. Matt Doyle has more.
Storm prep is underway in New Orleans and the city is under a voluntary evacuation order as the projected path of Zeta shows it passing over, or near the Crescent City. Mayor Latoya Cantrell says the city is no stranger to being on high alert for storms this year and residents should have a game plan in place.
We’re a week out from Election Day and a UNO poll of Louisiana voters shows President Donald Trump up 59-36 over former Vice President Joe Biden. Biden is holding a strong lead in national polling buoyed by a large number of white suburban defectors who backed Trump in 2016, but pollster Ed Chervenak says those voters aren’t shifting in Louisiana.