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Hurricane Francine makes landfall in southern Louisiana as a Category 2 storm

Hurricane Francine
Flooding rainfall, damaging winds and tornadoes will continue as former Category 2 Hurricane Francine moves northward over the southern United States into Friday.

Hurricane Francine made landfall in southern Louisiana in the Parish of Terrebonne, about 30 miles south-southwest of Morgan City, as a Category 2 (Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale) storm at 5:00 p.m. CDT. Maximum sustained winds were estimated to be near 100 mph along with dangerous storm surge and flooding rainfall.

Francine became a hurricane on Tuesday evening with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph. It quickly ramped up, becoming a Category 1 hurricane on Wednesday morning. After spending much of the day hovering near 90 mph on Wednesday, the hurricane strengthened a bit more to 100 mph just prior to landfall in Louisiana early Wednesday evening.

Peak wind gusts of Category 2 intensity (96-110 mph) were reported at several stories above the surface over the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday afternoon, a sign the hurricane was gaining some strength.

The latest on Francine

As of 7 a.m. CDT on Thursday, Francine was located about 30 miles to the south of Jackson, Mississippi, and had lost more wind intensity after spending time as a tropical storm Wednesday night. Francine will transition from a tropical depression to a tropical rainstorm as it moves inland over the Southern states from Thursday to Friday.

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