Tropical Storm Marco has become a hurricane this Sunday as it approaches the United States. It is expected to make landfall in Louisiana on Monday night, according to the latest National Hurricane Center (NHC) update. The maximum winds of the phenomenon reach 75 miles per hour, according to data from the Air Force.
After entering the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday afternoon, Marco evolved into a hurricane as it moves toward the Louisiana coast, according to the latest NHC update. The agency also foresees that Laura gains strength in the Gulf of Mexico.
In Louisiana, authorities have asked the people of Plaquemines Parish County to leave their homes.
Marco is located 300 miles from the mouth of the Mississippi River and 46 miles from Lafayette, Louisiana. It is traveling northwest at 14 miles per hour.
A hurricane watch has already been issued for the Louisiana coast, from Morgan City to the mouth of the Pearl River.
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards, who declared a state of emergency on Friday, asked President Donald Trump for a federal emergency declaration due to the “cumulative impact” of these storms that will affect the area for a period of time “much longer than with any hurricane.”
“We are in unprecedented times,” Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves said at a news conference Saturday where he declared a state of emergency. “We are dealing not only with two possible storms in the next few hours, we are also dealing with COVID-19.”
According to the NHC, the two storms will be in the Gulf together early next week. It would be the first time that two hurricanes appear in the Gulf of Mexico simultaneouslyaccording to records dating back to at least 1900, according to Colorado State University hurricane researcher Phil Klotzbach.
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Meanwhile, torrential rains from Laura hit the island of Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti) early this Sunday and is expected to move over Cuba later this day.
Laura It was located about 95 miles east of Port-au-Prince, Haiti with maximum sustained winds of 45 miles per hour.
The storm has already left more than 100,000 people without water across the country, Saturday night. Hours earlier, he felled trees and left more than 200,000 people in Puerto Rico without electricity.
The officials of the Florida Keys, which Laura could play on her way to the Gulf, declared Friday a local state of emergency and issued a mandatory evacuation order for all who live on boats, in mobile homes and in campers.
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