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BATON ROUGE – Governor John Bel Edwards has the latest on Hurricane Delta as it approaches the Louisiana coastline.

As of the 1 p.m. update from the National Hurricane Center, Delta has weakened to a category 2 storm. Edwards said although Delta is showing what he referred to as “moderate weakening,” he said everyone in the storm’s path needs to take their safety very seriously.

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