Tropical Storm Marco is swirling over the Gulf of Mexico heading for a possible hit on the Louisiana coast as a hurricane, while Tropical Storm Laura knocked utilities out as it battered Hispaniola early Sunday, following a track forecast to take it to the same part of the U.S. coast, also as a hurricane. This map from the U.S. National Hurricane Center shows the locations of tropical storms Marco and Laura at 5 a.m. Tropical storm warning for New OrleansMarco, meanwhile, was centred about 635 kilometres south-southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River and was moving to the north-northwest at 20 km/h. A tropical storm warning included Lake Pontchartrain in Louisiana, and metropolitan New Orleans. Galveston County Judge Mark Henry gives an update on tropical storm Marco and tropical storm Laura from the Office of Emergency Management in League City, Texas, on Saturday.

Source: CBC News August 23, 2020 11:37 UTC