After passing near the Northern Islands this weekend, resulting in stormy rains and winds at 100 km / h, tropical storm Laura blew over Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
She killed at least 24 people there on Sunday: 20 in Haiti and 4 in the Dominican Republic. Hurricane yesterday in the Gulf of Mexico, it then swept through western Cuba, causing only material damage.
Laura took yesterday the direction of the United States, already threatened by Marco, demoted from hurricane to storm. According to experts, the fact that two hurricanes, or nearby weather phenomena, follow each other so closely in the Gulf of Mexico is extremely rare. Today, it should hit Louisiana. 114 oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico were evacuated as a precaution.
The hurricane season, which continues until November 30, promises to be particularly intense this year.
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