Louisiana Braces for Category 3 Hurricane Delta, State of Disaster Declared

Hurricane Delta is shown in the Gulf of Mexico at 12:41 p.m. EDT., on Oct. 8, 2020. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration via AP

As Hurricane Delta approached the Gulf Coast, President Donald Trump declared a state of disaster for both Louisiana and Mississippi.

“Today, President Donald J. Trump declared that an emergency exists in the State of Mississippi and ordered Federal assistance to supplement State, tribal, and local response efforts due to the emergency conditions resulting from Hurricane Delta beginning on October 7, 2020, and continuing,” Trump said in his order on Thursday evening.