Hurricane Delta makes landfall in Mexico, heading to the US
After giving
Jamaica lots of rain days ago, Hurricane Delta has made landfall in Mexico as a
category 2 storm.
According to
the US National Hurricane Center in Miami, Delta made landfall at about 5:30 a.m.
on Wednesday with sustained winds of 110mph.
There have
been no reports of deaths or injuries, but the storm knocked down trees and
disrupted power along the northeastern coast of the Yucatan Peninsula.
In addition,
about 39,000 people had to be evacuated in Quintana Roo and Yucatan, and 2,700
people went to storm shelters.
Some flooding
was also reported in Cozumel and Playa del Carmen.
After making
landfall on Wednesday morning, Delta, which formed as a tropical storm to the
south of Jamaica on Sunday, will enter the Gulf of Mexico where it is expected
to become gain strength and become a much larger system.
And as Delta
heads to the United States, a hurricane watch has been issued for sections of
Texas and Louisiana that should be impacted by the hurricane by Friday.