U.S. death toll from Hurricane Zeta rises to six, millions without power

FILE PHOTO: A downed tree lies in the street outside of Flora Gallery and Coffee Shop after Hurricane Zeta swept through New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. October 29, 2020. REUTERS/Kathleen Flynn

(Reuters) - At least six people were killed in the southeast of the United States and more than two million people were without power on Thursday after Hurricane Zeta slammed into the Gulf Coast and moved northeast.

The first confirmed death from Zeta was a 55-year-old man in New Orleans, who was electrocuted by a downed power line, the Louisiana Department of Health told Reuters.