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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Six New Orleans area prep football teams have gone ... The Week 2 game against Opelousas got canceled by Hurricane Francine. The Cougars (5-0) play this week against Jesuit. But John Curtis ...