hurricane delta is taking aim at the texaslouisiana border after making landfall in mexico as a category 2 hurricane delta made landfall in puerto moreles mexico south of cancun on wednesday morning with winds up to 110 mph people rest on the floor in a shelter prior to the arrival of hurricane delta in cancun mexico oct 6 2020 delta rapidly intensified into a potentially catastrophic categor show more victor ruiz garciaap people line up to buy gas prior to the arrival of hurricane delta in cancun mexico oct 6 2020 delta rapidly intensified into a potentially catastrophic category 4 hur show more victor ruiz garciaap delta is now setting its sights on the gulf coast where its forecast to make landfall friday afternoon as a category 3 hurricane the latest track shows landfall near cameron louisiana close to where hurricane laura made landfall in august hurricane delta forecast track abc news a hurricane watch has been issued for texas and louisiana more everything you need to know about hurricanes a storm surge watch was issued from texas to the alabamaflorida border storm surge could reach up to 11 feet for parts of coastal louisiana including the morgan city area hurricane delta expected storm surge abc news louisiana gov john bel edwards has declared a state of emergency and requested a prelandfall federal declaration of emergency in a letter to the president already we are coordinating with our federal partners to respond as we have been since the start of the covid pandemic in march and through several tropical events including the devastation of hurricane laura in southwest louisiana all louisianans should use today to prepare for hurricane delta heeding the direction of their local leaders when it comes to evacuations edwards said alabama gov kay ivey has also issued a state of emergency and ordered some evacuations mississippi gov tate reeves followed on wednesday declaring a state of emergency i have declared a state of emergency for hurricane delta watch the weather reports and get prepared we are tracking this closely and operators are getting ready for action he wrote on facebook prep for the worst pray for the best god bless and stay safe more what to know about floodwater safety after landfall delta is expected to rapidly weaken to a category 1 hurricane or tropical storm by friday evening and into saturday delta is forecast bring four to eight inches of rain with isolated spots up to 12 inches from lake charles louisiana to greenville mississippi further north 2 to 5 inches of rain is forecast for little rock to memphis flash flooding and river flooding is possible especially across portions of louisiana and mississippi hurricane delta expected rainfall abc news when hurricane delta makes landfall it will break the record for most storms to make landfall in one season in the continental us the other nine named storms that made landfall this season were tropical storm bertha south carolina tropical storm cristobal louisiana tropical storm fay