Hurricane Delta makes landfall in Louisiana as a "life-threatening" Category 2 storm

Hurricane Delta made landfall near Creole, La., Friday evening as a Category 2 storm, the National Hurricane Center said.

State of play: Delta is lashing parts of Louisiana's southern coastline with "damaging winds" and a "life-threatening storm surge," the NHC added.

• The storm is forecast to produce as much as 15 inches of rain in parts of southern Louisiana through Saturday.
• Large-scale power outages are also expected.
• Governors in Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi declared states of emergency in preparation for Delta's arrival.
• Hurricane-force winds were also reported in Texas on Friday, per NHC.

The big picture: Delta is battering the same region that was devastated by Hurricane Laura, which made landfall as a Category 4 storm, less than two months ago.

• “We know this is going to exacerbate what is already a bad situation,” Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards said earlier on Friday.