Greg Abbott will provide an update on the states response to Hurricane Laura and Tropical Storm Marco at 1 p.m. Tuesday. The press conference will be livestreamed in this article. Although Marco has already made landfall in Louisiana, Hurricane Laura has a bigger chance to threaten the Texas coast. Hurricane Laura is predicted to make landfall late Wednesday to early Thursday as a Category 3 Major Hurricane. The landfall is anticipated near the Texas/Louisiana border, according to the latest National Weather Service models, the order states.

Workers for the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority - West, close floodgates in Harvey, La., just outside New Orleans, Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, in advance of Tropical Storm Marco, expected to come near the Southern Louisiana coast. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)PORT-AU-PRINCE Tropical Storm Marco was falling apart Monday but setting a messy stage for the arrival of Laura as a potentially supercharged Category 3 hurricane along the U.S. Gulf Coast. August Creppel, Chief of the United Houma Nation, was concerned about the groups 17,000 members, spread out over six parishes along the Louisiana Gulf Coast. McNoldy said he expects the storm to reach major hurricane status of at least 111 mph. For the residents of the Louisiana coast, theyre certainly lucky that Marco is not worse than it is, McNoldy said.

Forecasters raised the ominous possibility that warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico could super-charge Laura into a powerful hurricane. Laura's center was remaining just off Cuba's shore, and was not expected to weaken over land before entering the gulf. That's a recipe for damaging, hurricane-force winds of more than 110 mph (177 kph) as Laura approaches the U.S. coast, forecasters said. Rain bands from both storms could bring a combined total of 2 feet (0.6 meters) of rain to parts of Louisiana and several feet of potentially deadly storm surge, forecasters said. Basically that would be 10-feet plus along the southwest Louisiana coast line in a reasonable worst-case scenario, Schott said.

Greg Abbott has issued a State Disaster Declaration for 23 Texas counties, including Bexar County, in response to Hurricane Marco and Tropical Storm Laura. The governor also announced during the briefing that he is requesting President Trump to issue an emergency declaration for all 23 Texas counties in an effort to meet critical protection requirements, which include evacuation and shelter for residents. Abbott said the state is ready to take precautions as needed to keep Texans safe from the storms. “As Hurricane Marco and Tropical Storm Laura approach Texas, the state is taking necessary precautions to protect our communities and keep Texans safe,” said Governor Abbott in a release. The latest track from the National Hurricane Center has Marco maintaining its Category 1 Hurricane status through Monday.

SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT:A Storm Surge Warning is in effect for, . For a depiction of areas at risk, please see the National Weather Service Storm Surge Watch/Warning Graphic, available at hurricanes.gov. A Tropical Storm Warning means that tropical storm conditions are expected somewhere within the warning area, in this case within the next 6 to 18 hours. RAINFALL: Marco is expected to produce total rainfall accumulations of 3 to 6 inches with isolated maximum amounts of 10 inches across portions of the northeast and north-central Gulf coast through Tuesday. SURF: Swells generated by Marco are likely to affect portions of the northern Gulf Coast for the next couple of days.