Hurricane Delta Lashes Mexico'S Yucatan, Then Heads For Us

This footage was filmed and produced 8 October 2020The storm is likely to be a category 2 hurricane when it makes landfall.urricane Delta was intensifying over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico early Thursday afternoon. It is expected to turn north on Thursday night and make landfall in western Louisiana on Friday afternoon or evening as a category 2 hurricane. A hurricane warning and storm surge warning are in effect from High Island, Texas, to Morgan City, Louisiana, with the storm surge warning extending to Ocean Springs, Mississippi.On Wednesday night, Delta moved over Scorpion Island, a Mexican national park off the north coast of the Yucatan Peninsula. (Footage by StringersHub via Getty Images)