Tropical Storm Zeta may strengthen into hurricane before reaching U.S.
26 October 2020
The U.S. Gulf Coast and Mexico are bracing for another possible hurricane after Tropical Storm Zeta formed in the Caribbean Sea Sunday.
Of note: Zeta is the 27th named storm of the 2020 Atlantic Hurricane season — equaling a record set in 2005.
Quick look at where Tropical Storm #Zeta is at in respect to the Gulf Coast States. The center of #Zeta is stationary, roughly 920 mi SE of New Orleans with a forward motion towards the NW expected soon. Impacts across the northern Gulf coast remain likely by midweek #lawx#mswxpic.twitter.com/gGjWVJp2Ci
— NWS New Orleans (@NWSNewOrleans) October 26, 2020
What they're saying: "It is unfortunate we face another tropical threat this late in a very active season,” said Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) said in a statement Sunday .
"As we’ve seen this hurricane season, a tropical threat during the ongoing COVID-19 emergency is challenging, but something we can handle ... If Tropical Storm Zeta does become a serious threat, we stand ready to ramp up our actions as a state to meet the needs of our people and communities."
What to expect: The National Hurricane Center said late Sunday the center of the strengthening storm was expected to move near or over Mexico's northern Yucatán Peninsula or the Yucatán Channel late Monday, and over the southern Gulf of Mexico Tuesday, before approaching the northern Gulf Coast on Wednesday.
- A hurricane warning was in effect from Tulum to Rio Lagartos in Mexico and for the Cozumel
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.