• 2 months ago
Tropical Storm Francine is forecast to strengthen into a Category 2 hurricane as it approaches Louisiana, with expected landfall on Wednesday. The National Hurricane Center has issued a storm surge warning from Houston to the Mississippi River south of New Orleans, with life-threatening flooding and hurricane-force winds expected. Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry urged residents to prepare and heed evacuation orders, with mandatory evacuations already in place for coastal communities.
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00:00It's Benzinga and here's what's on the block.
00:02Tropical storm Francine is forecast to strengthen into a Category 2 hurricane as it approaches
00:07Louisiana with expected landfall on Wednesday.
00:11The National Hurricane Center has issued a storm surge warning from Houston to the Mississippi
00:15River south of New Orleans with life-threatening flooding and hurricane force winds expected.
00:20Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry urged residents to prepare and heed evacuation orders with
00:25mandatory evacuations already in place for coastal communities.
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