Climate Adaptation
U.S. Gulf Coast Faces Threat From Pair of Tropical Storms
- Laura may see ‘rapid intensification’: Energy Weather Group
- Marco weakens, but may still bring dangerous storm surge
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Back-to-back tropical storms pose a combined threat to the U.S. Gulf Coast this week, where more than half of offshore oil production is already shut and residents from Texas to Florida are warily watching the skies.
From the south, Tropical Storm Marco is weakening but still rushing toward a Monday landfall in Louisiana. It threatens a dangerous surge in coastal waters that could combine later with the larger and deadlier Tropical Storm Laura, which is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane on Tuesday.