Storm chaser: ‘Surprising how many semis tried to push their luck’ during Hurricane Zeta
A deadly hurricane made landfall on the Gulf Coast last night and left trucks overturned.
Hurricane Zeta made landfall in Louisiana on Wednesday night as a Category 2 storm before traveling northeast, leaving at least two people dead and more than two million without electricity in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia.
The hurricane took a major toll as it travelled through Mississippi, toppling multiple trucks on I-10.
The Mississippi Highway Patrol reported that one truck was blown on eastbound I-10 at mile marker 66 over the Pascagoula River bridge.
I-10 East, 66 mile marker, Pascagoula River bridge is closed due to an overturned semi-truck. Current wind conditions are prohibiting work crews from uprighting the truck. First responders and works crews are assessing roadways along the coast for safe travel. #StayPut pic.twitter.com/6RztGu7FsQ
— MHP BILOXI (@MHPTroopK) October 29, 2020
Local news outlet WLOX reports that the truck driver was not injured during the blowover.
Storm chaser Aaron Jayjack also shared video of overturned trucks on Mississippi I-10 and noted that it was “surprising how many semis tried to push their luck with this overachieving and fierce storm.”
NEW: Multiple semis stranded on this I-10 raised portion north of Bay St Louis earlier. It was even tossing me around in the Subaru. Multiple semis put on their side by #zeta. Surprising how many semis tried to push their luck with this overacheiving and fierce storm. @MyRadarWX pic.twitter.com/wepGvDSOEE
— Aaron Jayjack (@aaronjayjack) October 29, 2020
As of Thursday morning, Hurricane Zeta is raging through northeastern Georgia and is traveling north east at speeds of nearly 40 m.p.h.
You can follow NOAA NWS National Hurricane Center on Facebook for the most up to date information on the path of Hurricane Zeta.