Zeta restrengthened to a hurricane overnight and is expected to move into Louisiana later Wednesday with winds around 90 mph.
Hurricane #Zeta Advisory 14A: Zeta Re-Strengthens Into a Hurricane. Forecast to Bring a Life-Threatening Storm Surge and Strong Winds, Starting in Southeastern Louisiana By Midday Wednesday. https://t.co/VqHn0uj6EM
Zeta remained a tropical storm as of 11 p.m. Tuesday but is expected to hit hurricane status again overnight.
The storm will make landfall Wednesday mid- to late-afternoon. It has sustained winds of 70 mph.
Tue 11pm: Zeta still holding onto tropical storm status, but should become a hurricane and make landfall along coastal Louisiana on Wednesday. #EyeonTropics. pic.twitter.com/rVB7QCZcUo
Terry said Zeta is forecast to make landfall in Louisiana on Wednesday.
The storm is about 450 miles south of the mouth of the Mississippi River and is expected to bring hurricane conditions and storm surge to coastal communities throughout the day Wednesday.
#Zeta could produce flash flooding across portions of the central Gulf Coast, Ohio Valley, and Mid-Atlantic states through Thursday. @NWSWPC forecasts 2-4” of rain with isolated amounts of 6” in these areas. https://t.co/hRJDsnIXZipic.twitter.com/jyDplXkCxR
Photos: Hurricane Zeta makes landfall along southeastern Louisiana coast Debris on the streets is seen while Hurricane Zeta passes over on October 28, 2020, in Arabi, Louisiana. A record seven hurrIcanes have hit the Gulf Coast in 2020, bringing prolonged destruction to the area. (Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images)
Photos: Hurricane Zeta makes landfall along southeastern Louisiana coast Debris on the streets is seen while Hurricane Zeta passes over on October 28, 2020, in Arabi, Louisiana. A record seven hurrIcanes have hit the Gulf Coast in 2020, bringing prolonged destruction to the area. (Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images)
Tropical Weather People walk along a sidewalk in New Orleans as the outer eye wall of Hurricane Zeta passed by the city, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP) (Chris Granger)
APTOPIX Tropical Weather A passing car's headlights illuminate a darkened Bourbon Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020. Hurricane Zeta passed through Wednesday leaving much of the city and metro area without power. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (Gerald Herbert)
Tropical Weather A darkened Bourbon Street is illuminated only by passers-by with lights and car headlights in the French Quarter in New Orleans, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020. Hurricane Zeta passed through today leaving much of the city and metro area without power. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (Gerald Herbert)
Tropical Weather Louisiana Hurricane Zeta winds make the grass that Teddy Johnson, 58, was cutting from a ditch at his family home on Flood Street in New Orleans fly in the air on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020. Johnson said he was quickly clearing the ditch so that any flood or rain water from the storm could drain more quickly. Johnson, who lives in Houston, Texas, moved there after Hurricane Katrina, but returns to his family's New Orleans home to help maintain it. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP) (CHRIS GRANGER)
Tropical Weather Jane McDow walks with her dog 'Duke' along the Lake Pontchartrain seawall in New Orleans, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020. Hurricane Zeta made landfall just before 5 p.m. near Cocodrie, Louisiana, as a strong Category 2 storm. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (Gerald Herbert)
Tropical Weather Minnie Lewis fishes for crabs before the wind and waves kick up, in Chalmette, La., Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020. Hurricane Zeta made landfall just before 5 p.m. near Cocodrie, Louisiana, as a strong Category 2 storm. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (Gerald Herbert)
Photos: Hurricane Zeta makes landfall along Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula Clouds gather over Playa Gaviota Azul as Tropical Storm Zeta approaches Cancun, Mexico, early Monday morning, Oct. 26, 2020. Zeta made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane late Monday along Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. (AP Photo/Victor Ruiz Garcia)
Photos: Hurricane Zeta makes landfall along Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula Clouds gather over Playa Gaviota Azul as Tropical Storm Zeta approaches Cancun, Mexico, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Victor Ruiz Garcia)
Photos: Hurricane Zeta makes landfall along Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula Beach hotel workers cover doors and windows with plywood as they prepare for the arrival of Tropical Storm Zeta in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Tomas Stargardter)
Photos: Hurricane Zeta makes landfall along Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula A family walks in front of a supermarket with its windows covered with plywood as Tropical Storm Zeta approaches Cancun, Mexico, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Victor Ruiz Garcia)
Photos: Hurricane Zeta makes landfall along Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula A woman waits for clients outside a supermarket with its windows covered with plywood as Tropical Storm Zeta approaches Cancun, Mexico, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Victor Ruiz Garcia)
Photos: Hurricane Zeta makes landfall along Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula Beach hotel workers cover doors and windows with plywood as they prepare for the arrival of Tropical Storm Zeta in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Tomas Stargardter)
Photos: Hurricane Zeta makes landfall along Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula A surfer carries his board on Playa Gaviota Azul as Tropical Storm Zeta approaches Cancun, Mexico, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Victor Ruiz Garcia)
Photos: Hurricane Zeta makes landfall along Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula Surfers walk along Playa Gaviota Azul as Tropical Storm Zeta approaches Cancun, Mexico, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Victor Ruiz Garcia)
Photos: Hurricane Zeta makes landfall along Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula Beach hotel workers store chairs inside as they prepare for the arrival of Tropical Storm Zeta in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Tomas Stargardter)
Photos: Hurricane Zeta makes landfall along Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula Tape closing off the beach blows in the wind before the arrival of Tropical Storm Zeta in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Tomas Stargardter)
Photos: Hurricane Zeta makes landfall along Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula Michael Dixon takes advantage of the rising winds due to the approach of Tropical Storm Zeta as he kite surfs off Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Tomas Stargardter)
3:40 p.m. update
Zeta is expected to regain hurricane status Tuesday evening after weakening over northern Yucatan.
Cooler waters and some shear should keep the system from becoming a major hurricane as it makes landfall late Wednesday afternoon in southeast Louisiana.
This marks the seventh tropical system to impact the northern Gulf this year, and the eleventh to make a U.S. landfall, which is a record.
Zeta will become a hurricane again and impact SE Louisiana and nearby MS/AL and western FL panhandle on Wednesday.
Tropical Storm Zeta is expected to restrengthen into a hurricane as it nears Louisiana on Wednesday.
As of the 11 a.m. update on Tuesday, Channel 9 meteorologist Rusty McCranie said the storm has winds up to 65 mph and is emerging from the northern coast of the Yucatan Peninsula.
McCranie said the storm is forecast to gain strength and speed as it tracks toward Louisiana. Landfall is expected there late Wednesday.
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Photos: Hurricane Zeta makes landfall along southeastern Louisiana coast Debris on the streets is seen while Hurricane Zeta passes over on October 28, 2020, in Arabi, Louisiana. A record seven hurrIcanes have hit the Gulf Coast in 2020, bringing prolonged destruction to the area. (Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images)
Photos: Hurricane Zeta makes landfall along southeastern Louisiana coast Debris on the streets is seen while Hurricane Zeta passes over on October 28, 2020, in Arabi, Louisiana. A record seven hurrIcanes have hit the Gulf Coast in 2020, bringing prolonged destruction to the area. (Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images)
Tropical Weather People walk along a sidewalk in New Orleans as the outer eye wall of Hurricane Zeta passed by the city, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP) (Chris Granger)
APTOPIX Tropical Weather A passing car's headlights illuminate a darkened Bourbon Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020. Hurricane Zeta passed through Wednesday leaving much of the city and metro area without power. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (Gerald Herbert)
Tropical Weather A darkened Bourbon Street is illuminated only by passers-by with lights and car headlights in the French Quarter in New Orleans, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020. Hurricane Zeta passed through today leaving much of the city and metro area without power. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (Gerald Herbert)
Tropical Weather Louisiana Hurricane Zeta winds make the grass that Teddy Johnson, 58, was cutting from a ditch at his family home on Flood Street in New Orleans fly in the air on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020. Johnson said he was quickly clearing the ditch so that any flood or rain water from the storm could drain more quickly. Johnson, who lives in Houston, Texas, moved there after Hurricane Katrina, but returns to his family's New Orleans home to help maintain it. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP) (CHRIS GRANGER)
Tropical Weather Jane McDow walks with her dog 'Duke' along the Lake Pontchartrain seawall in New Orleans, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020. Hurricane Zeta made landfall just before 5 p.m. near Cocodrie, Louisiana, as a strong Category 2 storm. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (Gerald Herbert)
Tropical Weather Minnie Lewis fishes for crabs before the wind and waves kick up, in Chalmette, La., Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020. Hurricane Zeta made landfall just before 5 p.m. near Cocodrie, Louisiana, as a strong Category 2 storm. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (Gerald Herbert)
Photos: Hurricane Zeta makes landfall along Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula Clouds gather over Playa Gaviota Azul as Tropical Storm Zeta approaches Cancun, Mexico, early Monday morning, Oct. 26, 2020. Zeta made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane late Monday along Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. (AP Photo/Victor Ruiz Garcia)
Photos: Hurricane Zeta makes landfall along Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula Clouds gather over Playa Gaviota Azul as Tropical Storm Zeta approaches Cancun, Mexico, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Victor Ruiz Garcia)
Photos: Hurricane Zeta makes landfall along Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula Beach hotel workers cover doors and windows with plywood as they prepare for the arrival of Tropical Storm Zeta in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Tomas Stargardter)
Photos: Hurricane Zeta makes landfall along Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula A family walks in front of a supermarket with its windows covered with plywood as Tropical Storm Zeta approaches Cancun, Mexico, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Victor Ruiz Garcia)
Photos: Hurricane Zeta makes landfall along Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula A woman waits for clients outside a supermarket with its windows covered with plywood as Tropical Storm Zeta approaches Cancun, Mexico, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Victor Ruiz Garcia)
Photos: Hurricane Zeta makes landfall along Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula Beach hotel workers cover doors and windows with plywood as they prepare for the arrival of Tropical Storm Zeta in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Tomas Stargardter)
Photos: Hurricane Zeta makes landfall along Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula A surfer carries his board on Playa Gaviota Azul as Tropical Storm Zeta approaches Cancun, Mexico, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Victor Ruiz Garcia)
Photos: Hurricane Zeta makes landfall along Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula Surfers walk along Playa Gaviota Azul as Tropical Storm Zeta approaches Cancun, Mexico, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Victor Ruiz Garcia)
Photos: Hurricane Zeta makes landfall along Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula Beach hotel workers store chairs inside as they prepare for the arrival of Tropical Storm Zeta in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Tomas Stargardter)
Photos: Hurricane Zeta makes landfall along Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula Tape closing off the beach blows in the wind before the arrival of Tropical Storm Zeta in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Tomas Stargardter)
Photos: Hurricane Zeta makes landfall along Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula Michael Dixon takes advantage of the rising winds due to the approach of Tropical Storm Zeta as he kite surfs off Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Tomas Stargardter)
11am Tuesday: Tropical Storm Zeta currently has winds of 65mph as it emerges from the northern coast of the Yucatan. Zeta should quickly strengthen again to hurricane status, and pickup speed.. Forecast still on track for a Louisiana landfall late Wednesday. pic.twitter.com/JsG08nEhHZ
Sarah Wilson joined WFTV Channel 9 in 2018 as a digital producer after working as an award-winning newspaper reporter for nearly a decade in various communities across Central Florida.
