President Donald Trump on Aug. 23 has approved an emergency disaster declaration for Louisiana and ordered that federal assistance be made available to help the state ahead of tropical storms Laura and Marco.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Aug. 24 that Marco is about 85 miles south-southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River, and moving northwest at about 6 mph. A storm surge warning was issued for Morgan City, Louisiana, to Ocean Springs, Mississippi, and a tropical storm warning was posted for Intracoastal City to the Alabama–Mississippi border. The NHC also issued a tropical storm warning for Lake Pontchartrain, Lake Maurepas, and Metropolitan New Orleans.
