Just as petrochemical operations in Lake Charles, Louisiana, were beginning or about to begin restarting six weeks after Hurricane Laura’s assault in late August, operators were preparing Oct. 7 for yet another storm’s arrival. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now Currently a Category 2 storm upon landfall on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula early Oct. 7, Hurricane Delta is expected to strengthen to a Category 3 storm with winds up to 129 mph while moving across the Gulf of Mexico toward the south-central Louisiana Coast. Delta had been a Category 4 storm, the same level as Laura, before weakening upon landfall on the Yucatan. Mid-morning Oct. 7, the US National Hurricane Center’s forecast landfall had shifted west, now expected Oct. 9 in eastern […]

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