In pictures: Storm Zeta churns inland after making landfall in Louisiana as a hurricane
29 October 2020
Tropical Storm Zeta has killed at least two people, downed powerlines and left a trail of destruction since making landfall in Louisiana as a Category 2 hurricane on Wednesday.
The big picture: A record 11 named storms have made landfall in the U.S. this year. Zeta is the fifth named storm to do so in Louisiana in 2020, the most ever recorded. Zeta weakened t0 a tropical storm early Thursday, as it continued to lash parts of Alabama and the Florida Panhandle with heavy rains and strong winds.
Lake Pontchartrain in southeastern Louisiana as Zeta makes landfall on Oct. 28. Photo: Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images
Bourbon Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans during Hurricane Zeta on Oct. 28. Photo: Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images
Several preliminary images from the Golden Nugget Parking Garage in Biloxi during #HurricaneZeta2020#HurricaneZeta#zetapic.twitter.com/Q9R0V6lZ2e
— Lukas Flippo (@FlippoLuke) October 29, 2020
Hurricane Zeta knocks out power on Bourbon Street. @FOX8NOLApic.twitter.com/sgu7JCzYuO
— Garland Gillen (@garlandgillen) October 29, 2020
Troopers are in the process of clearing the roads of debris as well as working multiple vehicle crashes in the wake of hurricane Zeta. Please avoid unnecessary travel during this time. This driver could not see a tree in the road until it was too late. pic.twitter.com/ZCcrk0N7cF
— LA State Police (@LAStatePolice) October 29, 2020
#ENTERGYNOLA: Our crews are encountering damage as a result of Hurricane Zeta. There is no way to know if a downed line or any other damaged electrical equipment is energized or not, so if you encounter any damaged equipment, keep your distance & call 1-800-9OUTAGE (800-968-8243) pic.twitter.com/NikRpvAs2m
— Mayor LaToya Cantrell (@mayorcantrell) October 29, 2020
This is a trailer parked on the shoulder of LA46 inside the levee protection in St. Bernard. Looks like winds from Zeta lifted it up and is now tearing it apart. @WWLTV pic.twitter.com/DO2veLSIOh
— Paul Murphy (@PMurphyWWL) October 28, 2020
Eastern parking garage at the Golden Nuggets Casino. #StormSurge#zetapic.twitter.com/eqWuwv7VRw
— Jim Cantore (@JimCantore) October 29, 2020
.@SWBNewOrleans: This is was our view during the #eyeofhestorm from the hub of our operations. Tomorrow, Oct. 29, our Customer Service centers will be closed while we help each other clean up from #Zeta. For tonight, there are lines down, limbs down & transformers down. Stay safe pic.twitter.com/T8JbOm0Jue
— Mayor LaToya Cantrell (@mayorcantrell) October 29, 2020
Eastern parking garage at the Golden Nuggets Casino. #StormSurge#zetapic.twitter.com/eqWuwv7VRw
— Jim Cantore (@JimCantore) October 29, 2020
Transcripts show George Floyd told police "I can't breathe" over 20 times
Section2Newly released transcripts of bodycam footage from the Minneapolis Police Department show that George Floyd told officers he could not breathe more than 20 times in the moments leading up to his death.
Why it matters: Floyd's killing sparked a national wave of Black Lives Matter protests and an ongoing reckoning over systemic racism in the United States. The transcripts "offer one the most thorough and dramatic accounts" before Floyd's death, The New York Times writes.
The state of play: The transcripts were released as former officer Thomas Lane seeks to have the charges that he aided in Floyd's death thrown out in court, per the Times. He is one of four officers who have been charged.
- The filings also include a 60-page transcript of an interview with Lane. He said he "felt maybe that something was going on" when asked if he believed that Floyd was having a medical emergency at the time.
What the transcripts say:
- Floyd told the officers he was claustrophobic as they tried to get him into the squad car.
- The transcripts also show Floyd saying, "Momma, I love you. Tell my kids I love them. I'm dead."
- Former officer Derek Chauvin, who had his knee on Floyd's neck for over eight minutes, told Floyd, "Then stop talking, stop yelling, it takes a heck of a lot of oxygen to talk."
Read the transcripts via DocumentCloud.