Marco weakens as it heads towards Louisiana, Laura likely to become a powerful hurricane over the Gulf of Mexico
It is late August, and the already-active Atlantic hurricane season is quickly ramping up. Tropical Storm Marco became a hurricane over the eastern Gulf of Mexico for a brief time earlier today, but has since weakened to a tropical storm as it enters an environment of strong wind shear. Marco is expected to make landfall in eastern Louisiana on Monday evening, though it is unclear how much additional weakening will occur. Tropical Storm Laura has managed to maintain intact after…