DISASTERS

Zeta is roaring across the Southeast on Thursday, threatening to bring more damage from its powerful winds as the scope of the destruction spawned by the storm is being revealed along the Gulf Coast.

Zeta was downgraded to a tropical storm overnight but continues to produce strong winds across the Southeast

The eastern half of the country is in for a soaker Thursday with Tropical Storm Zeta racing up into the Northeast as the storm brings damaging winds and heavy rains across the South

Zeta has restrengthened into a hurricane and is expected to bring a life-threatening storm surge and strong winds to the northern Gulf Coast on Wednesday.

Typhoon Molave slammed into Vietnam with destructive force Wednesday, killing at least two people and sinking two fishing boats with 26 crew members in what was feared to be the most powerful storm to hit the country in 20 years.

A reenergized Hurricane Zeta is taking aim at the U.S. Gulf Coast on Wednesday and is expected to become even stronger before it makes landfall in Louisiana.

Along the coast, storm surge is often the greatest threat to life and property from a hurricane, says the National Hurricane Center.

Hurricane Zeta made landfall on the Caribbean coast of the eastern Yucatan Peninsula late Monday.

A hurricane warning has been posted for the Louisiana coast as Zeta is on a course to hit New Orleans on Wednesday after lashing Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula.

Tropical storm Zeta was upgraded to a hurricane Monday as it continues to move toward Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula before likely making landfall in the United States.