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Louisiana is likely to be spared from the one-two punch of back-to-back hurricanes this week as Marco was downgraded to a tropical storm Sunday night. But the state is still in the path of Tropical Storm Laura, which is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane before making landfall in the US. Both storms were previously …

A storm surge warning has been hoisted from Morgan City east to near Biloxi, Miss., where ocean water could rise up to six feet above normally dry land. Grand Isle, in extreme southeastern Louisiana, is under a mandatory evacuation order. Downtown New Orleans is under a hurricane watch and a tropical storm warning because of …