<h6 style="text-align: center;"><strong>As a Category 2 storm, hurricane Delta made landfall </strong>about 6 p.m. near the town of Creole (<strong style="letter-spacing: 0px;">southwestern Louisiana)</strong> with top winds of 100 mph (155 kph), pushing a storm surge that could reach up to 11 feet (3.4 meters)<strong style="letter-spacing: 0px;">, following along a path of destruction left by Hurricane Laura only six weeks earlier.</strong></h6>
In the city of Lake Charles, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) inland from where Delta made landfall, rain pelted the tarp-covered roofs of buildings that Hurricane Laura battered when it barreled through in late August and killed at least 27 people in the state.

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Mayor Nic Hunter as he prepared to ride out the storm in downtown Lake Charles said:

<em style="text-align: center;"><strong>“It’s devastating and it’s emotional for the citizenry,” </strong></em>

Delta, the first hurricane named after a Letter of the Greek Alphabet, weakened to a Category 2 storm with maximum winds of 100 mph (169 km/h) Friday evening. Forecasters reported 7 feet of storm surge east of Cameron, a sparely populated coastal community devastated by 2005′s Hurricane Rita and Hurricane Ike in 2008, and warned that some areas could see water reach 11 feet along the Louisiana coast.

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<span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>In Mississippi, Gov. Tate Reeves</strong></span> declared a state of emergency, as did his counterpart Edwards in Louisiana. Forecasters said southern Mississippi could see heavy rain and flash flooding.

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<strong>Sources: - cnbc - CBS - FOX News - National Hurricane Center - </strong>