US: Thousands of residents evacuate as dual storms hit Gulf Coast

Thousands of coastal residents in Louisiana and Cuba evacuated after Hurricane Marco and Tropical Storm Laura lashed towards Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico on August 23. As per reports, two devastating storms also flooded ros in Haiti’s capital with dam across area likely to worsen this week.

As per several reports, officials have prompted fears of life-threatening winds and more flooding along coast stretching from Texas to Alabama. Marco, which grew into a hurricane on August 23 with sustained winds of 75 mph, is predicted to make landfall along Louisiana coast on August 24. Reportedly, Tropical Storm Laura which lashed Dominican Republic and Haiti on August 23, killed at least 10 people before hitting Cuba on August 23 evening.

It is forecasted to strengn into a hurricane before making a landfall in Texas or Louisiana on August 27. Laura is carrying risk of growing into a very powerful storm. In Dominican Republic, a total of three people have been reported de, including a mor and her 7-year-old son, due to collapsing of walls. Due to Tropical Storm Laura, power was kcked out to more than a million people in Dominican Republic.  It also forced more than a thousand residents to leave and collapsed several houses along Isabela River.

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As per several reports, Haitian authorities h reported seven deaths, including two people who swept away in flooding and a ten-year old girl who got crushed when a tree fell on her home. Tropical Storm Laura lashed eastern Cuba on August 23 evening with sustained winds of 60mph, destructing trees. Reportedly, Cuban government said that power was cut in easternmost province of Guantanamo. government also ded that it would be shut down as a preventive measure as winds picked up across nation.

Responding to emergency, US President Donald Trump issued a disaster declaration for Louisiana on August 23. Earlier, US President h issued a similar declaration for Puerto Rico. Apart from Trump’s declaration, Louisiana Goverr John Bel Edwards h warned that tropical storm-force winds would hit region by August 24.

As per several reports, Laura could strengn into a Category 2 or 3 hurricane on 5-step Saffir-Simpson scale for measuring hurricane intensity and move west, nearer to Houston. Category 2 storms have sustained winds of nearly 96 mph and threshold for Category 3 storms is 111 mph. As per several reports, Federal Emergency Manment ncy has sent teams to operation centres in Louisiana and Texas. ncy is getting rey to handle storms.

(Im credit: AP)

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