Hurricane Delta, which is approaching the United States Thursday (October 8) after leaving Mexico, has strengthened in category 2, on a scale of 5, said the US National Hurricane Center (NHC), based in Miami .
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Accompanied by winds blowing at 155 km / h, Delta was located at 0600 GMT, 780 kilometers off the coast of Louisiana and was moving at a speed of 28 km / h, according to the NHC.
The effects of the hurricane continue to rock the region. Power lines, road signs and advertising were torn down, AFP journalists observed. "
We have no notification (...) of deaths caused by this hurricane,
" said Alberto Ortega, civil protection.