Hurricane Delta weakens after churning into storm-battered Louisiana

A car moves through a flooded street as Hurricane Delta approaches, in Baker, Louisiana, U.S., October 9, 2020. REUTERS/Marco Bello

LAKE CHARLES, La. (Reuters) - Hurricane Delta weakened steadily on Friday after churning into a corner of southwestern Louisiana repeatedly battered by storms this year, sending residents scurrying out of harm's way and disrupting Gulf Coast energy production.

Delta made landfall as a Category 2 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale, packing maximum sustained winds of 100 miles per hour (161 kph), at 6 p.m. on Friday near the town of Creole, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) reported.