Hurricane Zeta Flash Estimate
October 30, 2020
Hurricane Zeta made landfall in the Yucatan Peninsula as a Category 1 hurricane before making landfall in Louisiana as a Category 2 hurricane. A fast forward speed and a low rate of decay led to tropical storm force winds hundreds of miles inland, and nine US states were impacted by Hurricane Zeta with the highest expected losses in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Georgia. With Zeta, the sixth landfalling storm of the season, 2020 is tied with 1985 for the record number of landfalling storms.