Zeta, once again a Category 1 hurricane, was swirling over the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday toward southeastern Louisiana, where it was expected to bring heavy rains and damaging winds to a state that has been repeatedly clobbered by hurricanes this season.
Should the forecast hold, Zeta will be the fifth named storm to strike the state this year with about a month left in the hurricane season. The standing record of four was set in 2002, said Philip Klotzbach, a research scientist at Colorado State University.
By early Wednesday morning, Zeta was 355 miles south southwest of New Orleans and…
