Hurricane Delta Strikes U.S. Gulf Coast
Updated 12/23/20: FEMA issued an update to a Presidential Major Disaster Declaration for areas in Louisiana affected by Hurricane Delta from October 6-10, 2020.
Louisiana Hurricane Delta (DR-4570 Amendment 2)
Updated 11/6/20: FEMA issued an update to a Presidential Major Disaster Declaration for areas in Louisiana affected by Hurricane Delta from October 6-10, 2020.
Louisiana Hurricane Delta (DR-4570 Amendment 1)
Updated 10/16/20: FEMA issued a Presidential Major Disaster Declaration for areas in Louisiana affected by Hurricane Delta from October 6-10, 2020.
Louisiana Hurricane Delta (DR-4570)
Updated 10/12/20: The Weather Channel published reports offering a summary of Hurricane Delta’s impact on the U.S. Gulf Coast and its current forecast.
Remnants of Delta to Spread Rainfall Through the East on Monday
Approximate locations possibly sustaining structural flooding/wind damage:
Georgia
– Covington (Newton County, 30014, 30015, 30016)
*Tornado
– Lilburn (Gwinnett County, 30047, 30048)
*Flooding/Train derailment (possible hazardous material fire)
– Newnan (Coweta County, 30263, 30264, 30265, 30271)
– Vinings (Cobb County, 30339)
Louisiana
– Abbeville (Vermillion Parish, 70510, 70511)
– Alexandria (Rapides Parish, 71301, 71302, 71303, 71306, 71307, 71309, 71315)
– Bell City (Calcasieu Parish, 70630)
– Calcasieu Pass (Cameron Parish, 70631)
– Cameron (Cameron Parish, 70631)
– Creole (Cameron Parish, 70632)
– Cypremort Point (St. Mary Parish, 70538)
– Delcambre (Iberia, Vermillion Parishes, 70528)
– Gueydan (Vermillion Parish, 70542)
– Iowa (Calcasieu Parish, 70647)
– Jennings (Jefferson Davis Parish, 70546)
– Lafayette (Lafayette Parish, 70501, 70502, 70503, 70504, 70505, 70506, 70507, 70508, 70509, 70593, 70596, 70598)
– Lake Arthur (Jefferson Davis Parish, 70549)
– Lake Charles (Calcasieu Parish, 70601, 70602, 70605, 70606, 70607, 70609, 70611, 70612, 70615, 70616, 70629)
– Leesville (Vernon Parish, 71446, 71459, 71469)
– Leeville (Lafourche Parish, 70357
– Marsh Island (Iberia Parish, 70510)
– Moss Bluff (Calcasieu Parish, 70611)
– New Iberia (Iberia Parish, 70560, 70562, 70563)
– Pecan Island (Vermillion Parish, 70548)
– Sulphur (Calcasieu Parish, 70663, 70664, 70665)
– Watson (Livingston Parish, 70786)
Mississippi
– Fondren (Hinds County, 39206, 39216, 39286, 39296)
– Natchez (Adams County, 39120, 39121, 39122)
– Roxie (Franklin County, 39661)
– Smithdale (Amite County, 39664)
– Vicksburg (Warren County, 39180, 39181, 39182)
South Carolina
– Conway (Horry County, 29526, 29527, 29528)
*Tornado
– Latta (Horry County, 29565)
*Tornado
Texas
– Galveston (Matagorda County, 77550, 77551, 77552, 77553, 77554, 77555)
– Port Arthur (Jefferson County, 77640, 77641, 77642, 77643)
– Sabine Pass (Jefferson County, 77655)
Updated 10/9/20: CNN published a report outlining the latest activity associated with Hurricane Delta, which is preparing to make landfall along the Louisiana coast.
Hurricane Delta heads toward US Gulf Coast
Updated 10/9/20: The Weather Channel issued a report offering the latest on Hurricane Delta, which has reportedly caused home flooding in East Baton Rouge Parish, La., ahead of landfall.
Additional Resource:
WBRZ ABC 2 (Multiple streets flood in Capital region ahead of Delta’s landfall; list of closures here)
Approximate locations reportedly sustaining home flooding:
Louisiana
– Baker (East Baton Rouge Parish, 70704, 70714, 70807)
– Baton Rouge (East Baton Rouge Parish, 70806, 70807, 70809, 70814)
*Approximate impacted ZIP codes listed only
– Central (East Baton Rouge Parish, 70714, 70739, 70770, 70791, 70818, 70837)
– Zachary (East Baton Rouge Parish, 70791)
*Concentrated activity reported in Little Farms community
Updated 10/8/20: FEMA issued an Emergency Declaration for areas in Mississippi affected by Hurricane Delta beginning on October 7, 2020 and continuing.
Mississippi Hurricane Delta (EM-3548)
Associated County ZIP Code List (29 Counties)
Updated 10/8/20: Fannie Mae issued a release reminding homeowners and mortgage servicers of assistance options for those affected by Hurricane Delta.
Updated 10/8/20: Freddie Mac issued a release reminding mortgage servicers of its disaster relief policies for homeowners as Hurricane Delta approaches.
Freddie Mac Confirms Disaster Relief Options for Homeowners As Hurricane Delta Nears
Updated 10/8/20: The Weather Channel issued a report outlining the latest forecast for Hurricane Delta, which has strengthened back into a Category 2 storm ahead of a projected U.S. Gulf Coast landfall.
Updated 10/7/20: Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves issued a state of emergency in anticipation of Hurricane Delta.
Proclamation
Associated County ZIP Code List (Statewide)
Updated 10/7/20: FEMA issued an Emergency Declaration for areas in Louisiana affected by Hurricane Delta beginning on October 6, 2020 and continuing.
Louisiana Hurricane Delta (EM-3547)
Associated Parish ZIP Code List (Statewide)
Updated 10/7/20: The Weather Channel issued a report outlining the latest forecast for Hurricane Delta, which is expected to make landfall along the U.S. Gulf Coast.
Updated 10/6/20: Alabama Governor Kay Ivey issued a state of emergency in anticipation of Hurricane Delta.
Supplemental State of Emergency: Hurricane Delta
State of Emergency: Hurricane Delta
Associated County ZIP Code List (Statewide)
Updated 10/6/20: Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards declared a state of emergency in advance of Hurricane Delta.
Gov. Edwards Declares State of Emergency in Advance of Hurricane Delta
Associated Parish ZIP Code List (Statewide)
Updated 10/6/20: CNN issued a report providing updated forecast information for Hurricane Delta, which is poised to make landfall near Cancun, Mexico, on Wednesday.
Hurricane Delta is intensifying rapidly and is now a Category 4 storm
Disaster Alert
October 5, 2020
Source: The Weather Channel
NOTE: This has not yet been declared a FEMA Disaster.
At a Glance
- Tropical Storm Delta is intensifying in the western Caribbean Sea.
- Delta is expected to become a hurricane soon.
- Jamaica, the Cayman Islands and western Cuba will be the first areas impacted by this system.
- Delta will likely strike the northern U.S. Gulf Coast late this week.
- Interests from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle should monitor the progress of this system closely.
Tropical Storm Delta is intensifying in the Caribbean Sea, could brush or strike the Cayman Islands and western Cuba, then poses an increasing hurricane danger to the U.S. Gulf Coast by late this week.
Forecast Timing, Intensity
This latest tropical storm, the 25th of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, first became a tropical depression late Sunday night, and is quickly gaining steam in the western Caribbean Sea south-southwest of Jamaica, moving to the west-northwest at 5 to 10 mph.
Delta is in an environment of the highest ocean heat content anywhere in the tropical Atlantic basin and low wind shear. Given that, Delta is likely to become a hurricane soon, and may intensify rapidly before it nears western Cuba.
The center of Delta is expected to continue tracking generally toward the northwest through Wednesday night, after which forecast guidance suggests that Delta will eventually turn northward toward the U.S. Gulf Coast late in the week.
Where and when that northward turn occurs will determine what areas see the greatest potential impacts, somewhere from Louisiana into the Florida Panhandle.
Delta is expected to be a Category 1 or 2 hurricane when it nears the U.S. Gulf Coast sometime later Thursday through Friday. However, the intensify forecast is still uncertain since this system could face increasingly unfavorable upper-level winds and cooler Gulf water as it draws closer to the U.S.
Despite any weakening near the Gulf Coast, Delta could still be a formidably strong hurricane at landfall late this week.
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