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The Weather Channel reports: Hurricane Francine’s dangerous eyewall is coming ashore in southern Louisiana. Dangerous storm surge, flooding rainfall, damaging winds and tornadoes will impact Louisiana and other parts of the Gulf Coast and South. Francine has made landfall in Terrebonne Parish, about 30 miles south-southwest of Morgan City, as a Category 2 hurricane after rapidly intensifying Wednesday. Winds are …

The Weather Channel reports: Hurricane Francine in the Gulf of Mexico is bearing down on Louisiana with a landfall expected later today. Dangerous storm surge, flooding rainfall, damaging winds and tornadoes will impact Louisiana and other parts of the Gulf Coast and South. Francine is centered about 95 miles southwest of Morgan City, Louisiana, and is moving northeast. Maximum sustained …

The New Orleans Times-Picayune reports: Jefferson Parish President Cynthia Lee Sheng has issued a mandatory evacuation order for residents living outside of the federal levee protection system ahead of Tropical Storm Francine, which is expected to become a hurricane before landfall Wednesday. The order will affect residents in Crown Point, Jean Lafitte, Barateria, lower Lafitte and Grand Isle. Lee Sheng …

CBC News reports: Tropical Storm Francine, which developed in the Gulf of Mexico Monday, is expected to strengthen into a hurricane Tuesday and make landfall Wednesday over Louisiana, the National Hurricane Center says. “Francine is anticipated to be just offshore of the coasts of northeastern Mexico and southern Texas through today,” the center said early Tuesday, “and make landfall in …

ABC News reports: A tropical system churning in the southern Gulf of Mexico is forecast on Monday to become Tropical Storm Francine as it moves toward a Wednesday landfall in Louisiana, the National Hurricane Center said. A Tropical Storm Watch has been issued for parts of Texas, with the expectation that hurricane watches could be issued later today for parts …