Did Marco Come Ashore?

When Tropical Storm Marco made landfall at the mouth of the Mississippi River in southeast Louisiana on Monday evening (at 6 p.m.), it became the sixth named storm to come ashore in the continental United States in 2020.

When did Hurricane Marco hit land?

Marco made landfall in Louisiana near the mouth of the Mississippi River as a tropical storm on August 24 and weakened to a depression soon after. Nana formed on September 1 and became a hurricane on September 2 and made landfall on September 3 on the coast of Belize.

Was Marco a hurricane or tropical storm?

Since Marco was a minimal tropical storm instead of a hurricane when it passed near the mouth of the Mississippi Page 7 Hurricane Marco 7 River, storm surge inundation of 3 ft or greater above normally dry ground (which NHC uses as a first-cut threshold for the storm surge watch/warning) did not occur along the ...

James H. Sterling

James H. Sterling

Environmental Science & Climate Journalist

James Sterling reports on renewable energy developments, climate policy, ecological conservation, and green tech innovations around the globe.