<a href=”https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/08/weather/hurricane-delta-thursday/index.html” target=”_blank”>Hurricane Delta’s rain bands</a> and tropical-storm-force winds belted the Louisiana and Texas coasts late Friday morning as storm-fatigued residents brace for predicted “life-threatening” surge, flash flooding, ferocious winds and possible tornadoes.

Delta’s center is about 130 miles south of Louisiana. It remains a Category 3 major hurricane with