Source: CBS News
“Francine slammed into the Louisiana coast Wednesday evening as a dangerous Category 2 hurricane that knocked out electricity to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses and threatened widespread flooding as it sent a potentially deadly storm surge rushing inland along the Gulf Coast. Despite quickly weakening to a tropical storm, it was packing a strong punch. Francine crashed ashore in Terrebonne Parish, about 30 miles southwest of Morgan City, the National Hurricane Center announced at 4 p.m. CDT. Packing maximum sustained winds near 100 mph, the storm then battered a fragile coastal region that hasn’t fully recovered from a series of devastating hurricanes in 2020 and 2021. … There were no immediate reports of deaths or injuries. Almost 392,000 customers were without power across Louisiana early Thursday, according to utility tracker PowerOutage.us.” (09/12/24)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hurricane-francine-louisiana-power-outages-wind-rain-flooding/