Zeta zooms off mid-Atlantic coast as post-tropical cyclone
ByKelli Dugan, Theresa Seiger and Michelle Ewing, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
ByKelli Dugan, Theresa Seiger and Michelle Ewing, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
Zeta, the 27th named storm of the busy 2020 Atlantic season, weakened to a post-tropical cyclone on Thursday, hours after making landfall as a hurricane on the southeastern coast of Louisiana.
The storm lashed the northern Gulf Coast and large swaths of the southeastern United States before emerging off the mid-Atlantic coast early Thursday evening, according to the National Weather Service’s National Hurricane Center.
Photos: Zeta leaves trail of destruction across Southern states Floodwaters cover land and roads in Grand Isle, La., after Hurricane Zeta, Thursday Oct. 29, 2020. (Bill Feig/The Advocate via AP, Pool)
Photos: Zeta leaves trail of destruction across Southern states Sand bags are in place to reinforce the burrito levee due after Hurricane Zeta damage, Thursday Oct. 29, 2020, in Grand Isle, La., seen in an aerial photo during Gov. John Bel Edwards' aerial tour. (Bill Feig/The Advocate via AP, Pool)
Photos: Zeta leaves trail of destruction across Southern states A large tree limb, which snapped as Hurricane Zeta moved through New Orleans, rests on power lines in the city's Carrollton neighborhood on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Kevin McGill)
Photos: Zeta leaves trail of destruction across Southern states A sailboat sits among debris along Highway 90 in Pass Christian, Miss., Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, in the aftermath of Hurricane Zeta, which passed through Wednesday. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Photos: Zeta leaves trail of destruction across Southern states Residents use chain saws to clear fallen trees in the aftermath of Hurricane Zeta in Waveland, Miss., Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Photos: Zeta leaves trail of destruction across Southern states Debris is piled in the median of Highway 90 in Pass Christian, Miss., Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, in the aftermath of Hurricane Zeta, which passed through Wednesday. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Photos: Zeta leaves trail of destruction across Southern states Workers remove debris from an unoccupied structure that collapsed yesterday as Hurricane Zeta passed through in New Orleans, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020. The storm left much of the city and metro area without power. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Photos: Zeta leaves trail of destruction across Southern states A sailboat sits among debris along Highway 90 in Pass Christian, Miss., Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, in the aftermath of Hurricane Zeta, which passed through Wednesday. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Photos: Zeta leaves trail of destruction across Southern states Boat owner Ricky Mitchell, left, and his friend Buck, no last name given, surveys damage to his boat that washed up against the home of Ray Garcia, in Lakeshore, Miss., Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020. Hurricane Zeta passed through Wednesday with a tidal surge that caused the boat to become unmoored. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Photos: Zeta leaves trail of destruction across Southern states A downed tree blocks a street Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, in Decatur, Ga., a suburb of Atlanta, after the passage of Hurricane Zeta. Trees in several areas in and around Atlanta lay broken or resting on sagging power and communication lines, some of which snapped telephone poles. Handwritten warning signs were taped to upside down garbage cans in the middle of one street, while police were out stringing up yellow caution tape on others. (AP Photo/Ron Harris)
Photos: Zeta leaves trail of destruction across Southern states Matthew Kennedy, an employee of the Silver Slipper Casino, picks up debris from Hurricane Zeta in Lakeshore, Miss., Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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Photos: Hurricane Zeta makes landfall along southeastern Louisiana coast Debris on the streets is seen while Hurricane Zeta passes over on October 28, 2020, in Arabi, Louisiana. A record seven hurrIcanes have hit the Gulf Coast in 2020, bringing prolonged destruction to the area. (Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images)
Photos: Hurricane Zeta makes landfall along southeastern Louisiana coast Debris on the streets is seen while Hurricane Zeta passes over on October 28, 2020, in Arabi, Louisiana. A record seven hurrIcanes have hit the Gulf Coast in 2020, bringing prolonged destruction to the area. (Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images)
Tropical Weather People walk along a sidewalk in New Orleans as the outer eye wall of Hurricane Zeta passed by the city, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP) (Chris Granger)
APTOPIX Tropical Weather A passing car's headlights illuminate a darkened Bourbon Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020. Hurricane Zeta passed through Wednesday leaving much of the city and metro area without power. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (Gerald Herbert)
Tropical Weather A darkened Bourbon Street is illuminated only by passers-by with lights and car headlights in the French Quarter in New Orleans, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020. Hurricane Zeta passed through today leaving much of the city and metro area without power. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (Gerald Herbert)
Tropical Weather Louisiana Hurricane Zeta winds make the grass that Teddy Johnson, 58, was cutting from a ditch at his family home on Flood Street in New Orleans fly in the air on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020. Johnson said he was quickly clearing the ditch so that any flood or rain water from the storm could drain more quickly. Johnson, who lives in Houston, Texas, moved there after Hurricane Katrina, but returns to his family's New Orleans home to help maintain it. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP) (CHRIS GRANGER)
Tropical Weather Jane McDow walks with her dog 'Duke' along the Lake Pontchartrain seawall in New Orleans, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020. Hurricane Zeta made landfall just before 5 p.m. near Cocodrie, Louisiana, as a strong Category 2 storm. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (Gerald Herbert)
Tropical Weather Minnie Lewis fishes for crabs before the wind and waves kick up, in Chalmette, La., Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020. Hurricane Zeta made landfall just before 5 p.m. near Cocodrie, Louisiana, as a strong Category 2 storm. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (Gerald Herbert)
Photos: Hurricane Zeta makes landfall along Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula Clouds gather over Playa Gaviota Azul as Tropical Storm Zeta approaches Cancun, Mexico, early Monday morning, Oct. 26, 2020. Zeta made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane late Monday along Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. (AP Photo/Victor Ruiz Garcia)
Photos: Hurricane Zeta makes landfall along Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula Clouds gather over Playa Gaviota Azul as Tropical Storm Zeta approaches Cancun, Mexico, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Victor Ruiz Garcia)
Photos: Hurricane Zeta makes landfall along Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula Beach hotel workers cover doors and windows with plywood as they prepare for the arrival of Tropical Storm Zeta in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Tomas Stargardter)
Photos: Hurricane Zeta makes landfall along Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula A family walks in front of a supermarket with its windows covered with plywood as Tropical Storm Zeta approaches Cancun, Mexico, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Victor Ruiz Garcia)
Photos: Hurricane Zeta makes landfall along Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula A woman waits for clients outside a supermarket with its windows covered with plywood as Tropical Storm Zeta approaches Cancun, Mexico, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Victor Ruiz Garcia)
Photos: Hurricane Zeta makes landfall along Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula Beach hotel workers cover doors and windows with plywood as they prepare for the arrival of Tropical Storm Zeta in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Tomas Stargardter)
Photos: Hurricane Zeta makes landfall along Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula A surfer carries his board on Playa Gaviota Azul as Tropical Storm Zeta approaches Cancun, Mexico, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Victor Ruiz Garcia)
Photos: Hurricane Zeta makes landfall along Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula Surfers walk along Playa Gaviota Azul as Tropical Storm Zeta approaches Cancun, Mexico, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Victor Ruiz Garcia)
Photos: Hurricane Zeta makes landfall along Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula Beach hotel workers store chairs inside as they prepare for the arrival of Tropical Storm Zeta in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Tomas Stargardter)
Photos: Hurricane Zeta makes landfall along Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula Tape closing off the beach blows in the wind before the arrival of Tropical Storm Zeta in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Tomas Stargardter)
Photos: Hurricane Zeta makes landfall along Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula Michael Dixon takes advantage of the rising winds due to the approach of Tropical Storm Zeta as he kite surfs off Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Tomas Stargardter)
