Louisiana is bracing for a direct hit from Hurricane Francine
Sep 11, 2024 · Louisiana is preparing for Hurricane Francine. The storm intensified late yesterday into a Category 1 hurricane, fueled by the record warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Francine's track has also shifted eastward, and other Gulf Coast states are now in its path. ... Yesterday in a news conference, Cantrell said that the city and its residents ...
Live updates: Aftermath of Hurricane Francine in Louisiana
Sep 12, 2024 · Hurricane Francine made landfall near Morgan City on Wednesday evening and tore through Louisiana, causing widespread flooding along its path toward the New Orleans area. More than 388,000...
Hurricane Francine heads toward Louisiana : NPR
Sep 10, 2024 · Its maximum sustained winds were 90 mph Wednesday morning, but Francine is expected to strengthen further and to make landfall on the central Louisiana coast as a Category 1 or Category 2 hurricane, according to the National Weather Service.. Louisiana will start to see the tropical-storm-force winds moving inland by mid-morning on Wednesday, with Francine making landfall mid-afternoon, Grymes ...
Louisiana's coast is under a hurricane warning as Francine …
Sep 9, 2024 · Tropical Storm Francine, which formed in the Gulf of Mexico on Monday, is getting stronger and "quickly becoming better organized," the National Hurricane Center said. It's expected to be a hurricane when it hits the Louisiana coast on Wednesday. Local officials expect it to be a Category 1 or possibly Category 2 hurricane and to make landfall ...
Francine lashes Louisiana, leaves hundreds of thousands ... - CBS News
Sep 13, 2024 · On Wednesday evening, Francine crashed ashore in Terrebonne Parish, about 30 miles southwest of Morgan City, Louisiana. Packing maximum sustained winds near 100 mph, the storm then battered a...
Hurricane Francine makes landfall in Louisiana as Category 2 …
Sep 12, 2024 · Hurricane Francine has slammed into Louisiana as a dangerous Category 2 storm, knocking out power to more than a quarter million customers and threatening a large stretch of the Gulf Coast with flooding and destructive winds.
Francine strengthens into category 1 hurricane, Louisiana braces …
Sep 11, 2024 · BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Francine became a hurricane Tuesday evening as it barreled toward south Louisiana, strengthening over extremely warm Gulf waters as those in possible harm’s way rushed to complete storm preparations, filling sandbags, buying gas and stocking up on necessities for an expected landfall in the coming day.
Ferocious Francine slams Louisiana ripping roofs from buildings ...
Sep 11, 2024 · Francine was downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone Thursday after slamming the Louisiana coast as a powerful Category 2 hurricane on Wednesday, with 100-mph winds that ripped roofs from buildings and trapped dozens of residents inside their homes amid rising floodwaters due to torrential rain.
Flash flood emergency for New Orleans as Francine pounds Louisiana…
Sep 11, 2024 · Francine made landfall along the Louisiana coast as a Category 2 hurricane on Wednesday, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands and threatening the region with widespread flooding as...
Francine weakens, but leaves 420,000 accounts without power …
Sep 12, 2024 · Francine is no longer a hurricane after being downgraded late Wednesday to a tropical depression. The storm is weakening rapidly, after making landfall in Louisiana earlier on Wednesday....