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Hurricane Delta inflicts new damage on storm-weary Louisiana; Chattanooga area could see 2 inches of rain

This GOES-16 GeoColor satellite image taken Friday, Oct. 9, 2020, at 10 a.m. EDT, and provided by NOAA, shows Hurricane Delta in the Gulf of Mexico. Landfall is expected Friday evening. (NOAA via AP)
This GOES-16 GeoColor satellite image taken Friday, Oct. 9, 2020, at 10 a.m. EDT, and provided by NOAA, shows Hurricane Delta in the Gulf of Mexico. Landfall is expected Friday evening. (NOAA via AP) This GOES-16 GeoColor satellite image taken Friday, Oct. 9, 2020, at 10 a.m. EDT, and provided by NOAA, shows Hurricane Delta in the Gulf of Mexico. Landfall is expected Friday evening. (NOAA via AP)

By REBECCA SANTANA and STACEY PLAISANCE / The Associated Press 5 min read

LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) – Ripping tarps from already damaged roofs and scattering debris piled by roadsides, Hurricane Delta inflicted a new round of destruction on Louisiana as it struck communities still reeling after Hurricane Laura took a similar path just six weeks earlier.

When Delta came ashore Friday as a Category 2 hurricane, almost all homes and buildings in Lake Charles still bore battered roofs and other damage from Laura. Piles of moldy mattresses, sawed-up trees and other debris still lined the streets.

Mayor Nic Hunter said tarps were flying off homes across the city.

“I’m in a building right now with a tarp on it and just the sound of the tarp flapping on the building sounds like someone pounding with a sledgehammer on top of the building,” Hunter said as he rode out the storm downtown. “It’s pretty intense.”

Delta crashed onshore Friday night near the coastal town of Creole – a distance of only about 15 miles (24 kilometers) from where Laura struck land in August, killing 27 people in Louisiana.