Damage in New Orleans was assessed on Thursday, October 29, the day after Hurricane Zeta battered Louisiana as a Category 2 storm. NEW ORLEANS — The City of New Orleans today provided an update on the impacts in the aftermath of Hurricane Zeta, which made landfall yesterday evening in Orleans Parish and the Southeastern Louisiana area. John Bel Edwards will hold a news conference at 1 p.m. NEW ORLEANS — Hurricane Zeta continues to churn toward the Louisiana coast. The National Hurricane Center warned of a life-threatening storm surge, powerful winds, and heavy rain as Zeta moved through southeastern Louisiana and southern Mississippi on Wednesday, October 28.. By Friday morning, the hurricane had weakened … Gov. The former hurricane continues to unleash damaging impacts across the South as power outages soar past 2 million in total. Zeta is forecast to bring heavy rainfall, storm surge, damaging winds and potential tornadoes to parts of Louisiana and Mississippi, according to the National Weather Service New Orleans. Hurricane Zeta was speeding toward storm-weary Louisiana with landfall expected Wednesday afternoon just south of New Orleans, where a pump system failure has … City, State and Federal agencies began damage assessments yesterday evening and are continuing to do so throughout this week. Hurricane Zeta blew through New Orleans Thursday night as the strongest hurricane on record to ever directly hit the city, causing damage and massive power outages across the area and a …