Zeta Re-strengthens to a Hurricane, Takes Aim at Gulf Coast

Tourists walk past debris littering the street after Hurricane Zeta's landfall in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, early on Oct. 27, 2020. Tomas Stargardter/AP Photo

Zeta re-strengthened into a hurricane early Wednesday as Louisiana braced for the 27th named storm in a busy Atlantic hurricane season.

Landfall is expected south of New Orleans, with life-threatening storm surge and strong winds along portions of the northern Gulf Coast beginning around midday.