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Hurricane Zeta hammers Gulf Coast with rain, wind, outages

by Kevin McGILLStacey Plaisance
| October 28, 2020 6:30 PM

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hurricane Zeta slammed into the storm-weary Gulf Coast on Wednesday, pelting the New Orleans metro area with rain and howling winds that ripped apart buildings, knocked out power to thousands and threatened to push up to 9 feet of sea water inland in a region already pounded by multiple storms this year.

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