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Hurricane Delta slams into Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula before heading toward the US Gulf Coast - CNN

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Hurricane Delta has made landfall roughly halfway between the Mexican resort towns of Cancun and Playa del Carmen in the town of Puerto Morelos, according to the US National Hurricane Center.
Delta has winds of 110 mph, making it a strong Category 2 storm. The hurricane will quickly make its way over the Yucatan Peninsula Wednesday morning and re-emerge in the Gulf of Mexico later today.
Once back over open water, Delta will likely strengthen back into a major hurricane before turning north toward the Louisiana coast. Hurricane watches and storm surge watches will likely be issued later Wednesday along the US Gulf Coast.
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Hurricane Delta is expected to hit Mexico's Yucatan peninsula Wednesday morning as a powerful Category 3 storm with life-threatening storm surge before heading toward Louisiana and Alabama.
Winds dropped to 115 mph early Wednesday morning ahead of an anticipated landfall between 6 a.m. and 8 a.m. CT (7 a.m. and 9 a.m. ET).
Hurricane Delta, which had been a Category 4 storm, is expected to bringing storm surge of 8 to 12 feet and tropical storm-force winds as it hits the Yucatan, where Cancun and Cozumel are located. Atlantic storms this season have mostly spared the area.
People across the peninsula prepared for the storm Tuesday by buying supplies at grocery stories, boarding up buildings with plywood and lining up to fill large jugs with water, video from CNN affiliate TV Azteca showed.
People line up to buy gas prior to the arrival of Hurricane Delta in Cancun, Mexico.
Dozens of tourists who were evacuated from their hotels wore masks and sat chatting while they awaited transport, the video showed.
Others were shown waiting for flights out of the area, with many canceled or delayed due to the storm.

Wind speeds tripled in little more than a day

Delta's wind speeds tripled in the span of about 30 hours -- growing from a tropical depression with winds of 35 mph Monday morning to a Category 4 storm with winds of 145 mph before slightly weakening. Maximum sustained winds increased by 85 mph in 24 hours, the most in one day so far this year.
The storm is expected to remain at a Category 3 when it hits Mexico before weakening over land. But once past the Yucatan peninsula, it will hit the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Forecasters say that will allow Delta to strengthen again to a Category 3 as it approaches the US Gulf Coast.
States along the Gulf of Mexico are preparing for Delta, with governors in Alabama and Louisiana issuing emergency declarations and evacuations underway in states still recovering from storms earlier in the season.
Delta is 135 miles southeast of Cozumel and is moving at about 16 mph, according to the latest report from the National Hurricane Center.
Six hurricanes have hit within 50 miles of Cancun in the past 100 years, with only two of them above Category 3. Hurricane Gilbert hit in 1988 with 160 mph winds, and Hurricane Wilma decimated the area in 2005 with winds of 130-140 mph. Hurricane Emily also hit the peninsula in 2005.

Evacuations ahead of storm

The Mexican Army's Disaster Support Force was activated to help with evacuations and other storm preparations ahead of Delta's anticipated landfall, a press release said.
Members of the Mexican Army prepare to move towards the municipalities of Valladolid and Tizimin, in Merida, Yucatan state, in preparation for the arrival of Hurricane Delta.
More than 700 military personnel and 47 official vehicles are performing security tours, reviewing tributaries and evacuating people most at risk, according to the release.
On Tuesday, hotel evacuees moved to makeshift shelters waiting further rides, attempting to get home among canceled and delayed flights.
''We're trying to leave because of the hurricane. We're just trying to get out of here. Our flight was actually tomorrow so we changed it to today to get out of here," Blake Greer of Texas told TV Azteca. "We caught a flight to Mexico City and we're going to fly home tomorrow.''
Tourists rest in a shelter prior to the arrival of Hurricane Delta, at the Technological Institute of Cancun, Mexico.
Signs of the storm were already evident Tuesday night as strong winds blew trees and rough surf lapped the beach, video from TV Azteca showed.
In the Gulf Coast, nearly 10% of manned oil rigs have shut down operations ahead of the storm, according to the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), which has activated its Hurricane Response Team in anticipation of Hurricane Delta. Personnel have been evacuated from at least one rig.

US states prepare for life-threatening conditions

In Louisiana, where evacuees are still living in shelters from Hurricane Laura, voluntary evacuations have already begun in several low-lying areas.
"We are still reeling from Hurricane Laura," Lake Charles Mayor Nic Hunter said in a Facebook post. "Much progress has been made since Laura, but there are still many people going through pain and struggle."
New Orleans-based Entergy is monitoring the storm and preparing to respond in Louisiana. The utility has been busy with restoration efforts following severe devastation Hurricane Laura caused to the distribution and transmission infrastructure, leaving 93,000 customers without power at its peak.
The utility announced just last week that it had restored power to all accessible customers in hard-hit southwest Louisiana.
Gov. John Bel Edwards declared a state of emergency Tuesday ahead of the storm. He encouraged residents to be prepared for a major hurricane and not focus on its strength.
"Hurricane Delta is an incredibly dangerous storm that will bring heavy winds, rain and life threatening flooding and storm surge to coastal Louisiana. Everyone in South Louisiana should pay close attention to the weather in the coming days and heed the advice and directions of their local officials," Edwards said in the release.
Delta's life-threatening storm surge, widespread damaging winds and flooding will be significant, Ben Schott, the head of the National Weather Service in New Orleans, said during a Tuesday briefing.
The earliest the storm will hit is Friday morning, he said, but if the storm slows, it could be as late as Saturday morning. The whole coastline of Louisiana could see tropical storm winds, Schott said.
New Orleans officials said they would continue monitoring the path of Hurricane Delta "minute by minute" to determine whether evacuations were needed.
Sandbags were provided by Okaloosa County on Florida's Gulf Coast Tuesday in preparation for the potential arrival of Hurricane Delta.
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey also declared a state of emergency Tuesday ahead of the storm to help Alabama begin the preparation process and position the state to declare a pre-landfall disaster declaration with Federal Emergency Management Agency.
A mandatory evacuation for tourists at the Alabama Gulf Coast, including Orange Beach, Gulf Shores, Dauphin Island, and unincorporated areas of Ono Island and Fort Morgan, is ordered to begin Wednesday morning.
"This is for their safety and well-being, as well as for the safety and well-being of locals who are working to prepare their communities in the event Hurricane Delta tracks more easterly," Ivey said in a statement.
She said that since the storm is already stronger than Hurricane Sally, which caused widespread destruction to the state when it hit September 16, heavy rains and strong winds are forecast for the area no matter where it makes landfall.
"As residents along the Gulf Coast know all too well, these storms are unpredictable, and I strongly encourage everyone to take Hurricane Delta seriously," Ivey said.
Mississippi has deployed 160,000 sandbags to low-lying counties and has nine shelters on standby to open if needed, a tweet from the Mississippi Emergency Management agency said in a tweet Tuesday.
In Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott has placed numerous resources on standby across the state in anticipation of potentially severe weather caused by Hurricane Delta, according to a news release from the governor's office.
"Texans are urged to take immediate precautions to protect themselves from the impact of this storm," Abbott said in the news release.

Historic storm and season

Delta is the 25th storm and the second-strongest system to develop in the Atlantic this season, only 5 mph behind Hurricane Laura, which reached wind speeds of 150 mph in August.
A hotel worker from the Fiesta Americana Condesa resort covers a window with plywood at a shelter set up at the Technological Institute of Cancun, as he prepares for the landfall of Hurricane Delta.
It is the strongest Greek alphabet storm in history. The Greek alphabet is used to name storms once the entire hurricane name list is used for a given year -- which has only happened twice -- once in 2005 and again this season in 2020.
Delta will become the 10th named storm to make landfall in the US this season, setting the record for the most in one year. The season is currently tied with 1916 when nine storms made landfall. It will be the fifth hurricane to make landfall, joining Hanna, Isaias, Laura and Sally. This will be the most storms the US has seen since 2005
It will be the fourth named storm to make landfall in Louisiana if it hits, which would be the most storms the state has seen ever.
This year continues to be on track for the most named storms in Atlantic Basin history.

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