At around 1 a.m. CDT, the center of Francine was passing northwest of New Orleans. Francine was later downgraded to a tropical storm Wednesday night as is currently moving with sustained winds of 50 ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hurricane Francine rapidly strengthened before making landfall in Louisiana on Wednesday, knocking out ...

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) -Hurricane Francine threatened New Orleans and the wider Gulf Coast on Wednesday, shutting down a quarter of oil and gas production in the Gulf, while parishes across ...

Despite Hurricane Francine being a relatively mild hurricane, power outages across New Orleans inconvenienced thousands of customers. For some, it took days to get electricity back. The delays by ...

Francine made landfall Wednesday as a Category 2 hurricane about 60 miles southwest of New Orleans, before weakening to Category 1. A state of emergency is in effect for Louisiana and Mississippi.

It's been nearly two months since Hurricane Francine came ashore in St. Mary Parish. There was a sign of progress in hard-hit ...

sent storm surge rushing into coastal communities and raised flooding fears in New Orleans and beyond. Tropical Storm Francine gains strength, expected to be a hurricane when it reaches Gulf Coast ...

We saw this when the 10 Community Lighthouses and the four Stay Lit restaurants in New Orleans didn’t lose power during Francine. These locations had solar installations with battery backup.