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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  • Storm Francine: Thousands without power as severe rain and wind hit the Gulf Coast
    Francine slammed the Louisiana coast last evening with 100 mph winds in coastal Terrebonne Parish, battering a fragile coastal region that hasn’t fully recovered from a series of devastating ...
    09/12/2024 - 11:05 am | View Link
  • Francine weakens, moves inland from Gulf Coast after hurricane winds cause blackouts
    Hurricane Francine slammed into the Louisiana coast Wednesday evening as a dangerous Category 2 storm that knocked out electricity to more than 245,000 customers and threatened widespread flooding as ...
    09/12/2024 - 8:46 am | View Link
  • Francine brings floods and power cuts to Louisiana and Mississippi
    Francine has left hundreds of thousands without power and caused widespread flooding after slamming the coast of Louisiana before driving inland. It made landfall in Morgan City as a Category 2 ...
    09/12/2024 - 5:34 am | View Link
  • Morgan City residents brace for Francine — and Jim Cantore
    Morgan City sits in a bowl of sorts, with Lake Palourde on one side and the Atchafalaya River on the others. Levees and floodwalls protect residents, but its close proximity to the coast leave it with ...
    09/10/2024 - 5:00 pm | View Link
  • Francine becomes a hurricane as Louisiana residents brace for landfall
    The freshly minted Category 1 hurricane packed top sustained winds of 75 mph and forecasters warned it was expected to crash ashore Wednesday in Louisiana.
    09/10/2024 - 3:34 pm | View Link
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