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

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 (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.

NEW ORLEANS — Two days after Hurricane Francine knocked out power for nearly half a million people in Louisiana, Alexandra Canary was still waiting for the electricity in her area to come back ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) – A group of medical professionals and others are suing Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill over a new law that restricts the use of two drugs that can be used to induce ...

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 ...

Destructive hurricanes have affected millions of Americans this year and forced many to evacuate. Hurricane evacuations are estimated to be about five times more expensive than 20 years ago.

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.