A tropical storm in the delta is causing torrential rains and flood threats in the Tennessee Valley after it hit the US Gulf Coast
In pictures: Hurricane Delta makes landfall
This satellite image captured on Friday, October 9th, shows Hurricane Delta in the Gulf of Mexico.
In pictures: Hurricane Delta makes landfall
Storm erupts in Lake Charles as Hurricane Delta makes landfall in Louisiana on Friday Oct.9.
In pictures: Hurricane Delta makes landfall
Daniel Fontenot runs to a relative’s house in the rain with her son Hunter before Hurricane Delta in Lake Charles, Louisiana, on Friday October 9th.
In pictures: Hurricane Delta makes landfall
A man walks across the street as the outside bands of Hurricane Delta Lash Galveston, Texas, appear on Friday, Oct.9.
In pictures: Hurricane Delta makes landfall
American Red Cross volunteers Cindy Romig and Cliff Boyer unload supplies outside the community safe room shelter in Pike County in Magnolia, Mississippi, on Friday October 9th.
In pictures: Hurricane Delta makes landfall
Members of the Louisiana National Guard prepare beds at a shelter ahead of Hurricane Delta on Friday in Lake Charles, Louisiana.
In pictures: Hurricane Delta makes landfall
Earnest Jack looks at the damage to his home after Hurricane Laura struck it before Hurricane Delta arrived on Friday, Oct.9, in Lake Charles, Louisiana.
In pictures: Hurricane Delta makes landfall
People fill sandbags in Alexandria, Louisiana, ahead of Hurricane Delta on Friday October 9th.
In pictures: Hurricane Delta makes landfall
People line up to board an evacuation bus before Hurricane Delta arrives in Lake Charles, Louisiana, on Thursday, Oct.8.
In pictures: Hurricane Delta makes landfall
Bang Bui covers its plywood business as Hurricane Delta approaches in Abbeville, Louisiana, on Thursday, Oct.8.
In pictures: Hurricane Delta makes landfall
People walk down a flooded street after a hurricane struck Delta on Wednesday, October 7, in Cozumel, Mexico.
In pictures: Hurricane Delta makes landfall
Trees and telephone poles spread on the ground after Hurricane Delta passed through Puerto Morelos on Wednesday, October 7.
In pictures: Hurricane Delta makes landfall
Brian Dufrin holds crab traps on a trailer after it was towed from Bayou Doll in anticipation of a Hurricane Delta in Theriote, Louisiana, on Wednesday, Oct.7.
In pictures: Hurricane Delta makes landfall
People are resting in a shelter before Hurricane Delta arrives in Cancun on Tuesday.
In pictures: Hurricane Delta makes landfall
Fishermen pull a boat out of water in anticipation of a hurricane delta in Puerto Juarez, Cancun, on Tuesday.
In pictures: Hurricane Delta makes landfall
A hotel worker from the Fiesta Americana Condesa Resort covers a plywood window at a shelter at the Cancun Institute of Technology, Tuesday.
In pictures: Hurricane Delta makes landfall
Mexican military personnel are preparing to head towards the municipalities of Valladolid and Tizimin in Merida, Yucatan state, in preparation for the arrival of Hurricane Delta on Tuesday.
In pictures: Hurricane Delta makes landfall
People line up to buy gas before Hurricane Delta arrives in Cancun, Mexico, on Tuesday, October 6.
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