Tropical Storm Zeta has killed at least two people, triggered flooding, downed powerlines and caused widespread outages since making landfall in Louisiana as a Category 2 hurricane on Wednesday.The big picture: A record 11 named storms have made landfall in the U.S. this year. Zeta is the fifth named storm to do so in Louisiana in 2020, the most ever recorded. It weakened t0 a tropical storm early Thursday, as it continued to lash parts of Alabama and the Florida Panhandle with heavy rains and strong winds. Lake Pontchartrain in southeastern Louisiana as Zeta makes landfall on Oct. 28. It's the fifth named storm to make landfall in Louisiana this year. Photo: Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images Bourbon Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans during Hurricane Zeta on Oct. 28, one of many places to lose power due to the storm. Nearly 525,000 customers were still without power in Louisiana on the morning of Oct. 29, per Poweroutage.us Photo: Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images Lake Pontchartrain as Hurricane Zeta makes landfall on Oct. 28, one of several areas left inundated by Zeta's heavy rains. Photo: Sandy Huffaker/Getty ImagesSeveral preliminary images from the Golden Nugget Parking Garage in Biloxi during #HurricaneZeta2020 #HurricaneZeta #zeta pic.twitter.com/Q9R0V6lZ2e— Lukas Flippo (@FlippoLuke) October 29, 2020 Hurricane Zeta knocks out power on Bourbon Street. @FOX8NOLA pic.twitter.com/sgu7JCzYuO— Garland Gillen (@garlandgillen) October 29, 2020 Troopers are in the process of clearing the roads of debris as well as working multiple vehicle crashes in the wake of hurricane Zeta. Please avoid unnecessary travel during this time. This driver could not see a tree in the road until it was too late. pic.twitter.com/ZCcrk0N7cF— LA State Police (@LAStatePolice) October 29, 2020 #ENTERGYNOLA: Our crews are encountering damage as a result of Hurricane Zeta. There is no way to know if a downed line or any other damaged electrical equipment is energized or not, so if you encounter any damaged equipment, keep your distance & call 1-800-9OUTAGE (800-968-8243) pic.twitter.com/NikRpvAs2m— Mayor LaToya Cantrell (@mayorcantrell) October 29, 2020 This is a trailer parked on the shoulder of LA46 inside the levee protection in St. Bernard. Looks like winds from Zeta lifted it up and is now tearing it apart. ⁦@WWLTV⁩ pic.twitter.com/DO2veLSIOh— Paul Murphy (@PMurphyWWL) October 28, 2020 Eastern parking garage at the Golden Nuggets Casino. #StormSurge #zeta pic.twitter.com/eqWuwv7VRw— Jim Cantore (@JimCantore) October 29, 2020 .@SWBNewOrleans: This is was our view during the #eyeofhestorm from the hub of our operations. Tomorrow, Oct. 29, our Customer Service centers will be closed while we help each other clean up from #Zeta. For tonight, there are lines down, limbs down & transformers down. Stay safe pic.twitter.com/T8JbOm0Jue— Mayor LaToya Cantrell (@mayorcantrell) October 29, 2020 Eastern parking garage at the Golden Nuggets Casino. #StormSurge #zeta pic.twitter.com/eqWuwv7VRw— Jim Cantore (@JimCantore) October 29, 2020