Marco becomes hurricane headed for US Gulf Coast
Posted August 22, 2020 1:43 pm.
Last Updated August 23, 2020 12:54 pm.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Marco became a hurricane over the Gulf of Mexico Sunday on a path toward the Louisiana coast.
Tropical Storm Laura battered the Dominican Republic and Haiti and headed to the same part of the U.S. coast, also as a potential hurricane.
It would be the first time two hurricanes form in the Gulf of Mexico simultaneously, according to records dating to at least 1900, said Colorado State University hurricane researcher Phil Klotzbach.
The National #Hurricane Center is currently hinting at possibility of two hurricanes in Gulf of Mexico simultaneously early next week (currently #TD14 & #Laura). If that were to occur, it would be first time on record that the Gulf of Mexico has had 2 hurricanes at the same time. pic.twitter.com/A7jhO9xkt1
— Philip Klotzbach (@philklotzbach) August 21, 2020
The National Hurricane Center said Marco was about 300 miles (480 kilometres) south of the mouth of the Mississippi River and heading north-northwest at 14 miles per hour (22kph), packing winds of 75 miles per hour (120kph). The centre warned of life-threatening storm surges and hurricane-force winds along the Gulf Coast.
