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Hurricane Delta has left thousands of homesdamaged, especially for the home owners still recovering from hurricane Laura which appeared in August.
There were more than 600,000 reported cases of power outages in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi when hurricane Delta first struck according to cbsnews.org
Compared to the previous storm of hurricane Laura, Delta was less powerful but there was significantly more flooding. The mayor of Lake Charles, Louisiana Nic Hunter believes that the restoration of homes affected by Laura and now Delta will take longer to recover.
“Add Laura and Delta together and it’s just absolutely unprecedented and catastrophic. We are very concerned that with everything going in the country right now that this incident may not be on the radar nationally like it should be,” Hunter said according to CBS.
Delta had wind speeds reaching almost 100 mph in Lake Charles and Cameron, Louisiana. It reached Louisiana Friday evening and was classified as a Category 2 hurricane.
Governor of Louisiana, John Bel Edwards tweeted on Saturday, “Delta has left hazards like flooded roads, downed power lines and displaced wildlife in our communities that no one should take lightly. Everyone needs to remain vigilant, continue to listen to local officials and be safe,” according to ABC News.
The aftermath of hurricane Delta resulted in four reports of people who have died so far. At St. Martin Parish in Louisiana, an 86-year-old man died from a fire starting in a shed as he was resupplying a generator with fuel. The second report is of a 70-year-old woman who died in Iberia Parish from a fire that was naturally caused by a gas leak due to the damages from the storm, also in Louisiana. The other two cases which occurred in Florida are of a 19-year-old who drowned in Destin from rocky waters, and a 49-year-old man who also drowned in Escambia County from rough rip currents, according to CNN.
The heavy rains that drenched the few states could be the last storm since hurricane season is coming to an end. Hurricane season officially ends on November 30 and intense storms are rare late in the season.
“Mid-October storms have happened in the past and can happen. But historically speaking, we are entering the time of year when the frequency and risk of tropical storms begin to go down,” according to USA Today.
