Marco and Laura threaten the US. Thousands of people are fleeing

Hurricane Marco and tropical storm Laura passed over the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday (August 23), forcing thousands of coastal residents to flee. Marco is due to attack the shores of the US state of Louisiana on Monday (August 24).

According to forecasts, Hurricane Marco, with a wind speed of about 120 km / h, will New Orleans and its surroundings, that is, the same areas that were devastated in 2005 by Hurricane Katrina.

The people of New Orleans, who remember that cataclysm, the traces of which are still visible today, are preparing to repel the attack of the element.

Louisiana governor John Bel Edwards warned the state that if they did not leave their homes by Sunday, they should prepare for both Marco and Laura who followed him.

The Laura tropical storm passed over the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Cuba on Sunday, killing at least 10 people and causing significant damage. The element flooded roads, flooded thousands of homes, and cut off electricity for over a million people.

According to forecasts, Laura will also reach Louisiana as well as Texas. A storm could soon turn into a Category 2 or 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson five-point scale.

President Donald Trump declared the state of Louisiana a disaster area on Sunday, allowing federal aid to be granted. Earlier, he announced a similar decision to Puerto Rico, which is an associated territory with the United States and California is engulfed by fires.

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