Zeta regains hurricane status overnight, heads toward Louisiana

4 a.m. update

Zeta restrengthened to a hurricane overnight and is expected to move into Louisiana later Wednesday with winds around 90 mph.

11 p.m. update

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.

6 p.m. update

Zeta remained a tropical storm Tuesday evening, but the storm is expected to regain hurricane strength, chief meteorologist Tom Terry said.

The storm will like reach hurricane status again overnight, he said.

Read: Zeta live updates: Tropical storm expected to re-strengthen before reaching US Gulf Coast

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.

Photos: Zeta makes landfall along Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula

The storm has maximum sustained winds of 65 mph and is moving northwest at 14 mph. Click here to read more.

Click here to watch Terry explain the storm’s updated track live on Channel 9 Eyewitness News, and click here to download the free WFTV weather app.

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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)

Zeta: What you need to know (NCD)

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.

Read our previous updates below:

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.

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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)

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