Hurricane watch issued for parts of US Gulf Coast (with forecast video)

Satellite animation of Hurricane Delta in the southern Gulf of Mexico.

Hurricane Delta is moving into the southern Gulf of Mexico, on its way to the U.S. Gulf Coast in a couple of days. Landfall will likely happen Friday afternoon near the Texas-Louisiana border. Around noon ET Wednesday, the National Hurricane Center issued a Hurricane Watch from High Island, Texas, to Grand Isle, Louisiana. Further details are available in the attached video.

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