Thousands in the dark as Hurricane Francine strikes Louisiana, raising flood fears
Hurricane Francine barreled Wednesday toward Louisiana and is expected to make landfall in the coming hours as forecasters raised threats of potentially deadly storm surge, widespread flooding and destructive winds...
![By SARA CLINE BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Francine has strengthened into a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico and is advancing toward Louisiana. The National Hurricane Center said Tuesday night that Francine powered up its maximum sustained winds to 75 mph and gained hurricane status about 350 miles southwest of Morgan City, Louisiana. A […]](https://www.pilotonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Tropical_Weather_Francine_Louisiana_89112_28ba3f.jpg?w=135 "By SARA CLINE BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Francine has strengthened into a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico and is advancing toward Louisiana. The National Hurricane Center said Tuesday night that Francine powered up its maximum sustained winds to 75 mph and gained hurricane status about 350 miles southwest of Morgan City, Louisiana. A […]")
