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Louisiana residents brace as Tropical Storm Francine is expected to hit their coast as a hurricane

BATON ROUGE, La. — Tropical Storm Francine strengthened Monday in the Gulf of Mexico and was forecast to make landfall as a hurricane this week in Louisiana, where evacuation orders were quickly issued in some coastal communities and residents began filling sandbags in preparation for heavy rains and widespread flooding. Francine, the sixth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, was expected to become a hurricane shortly, the U.S.

 

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