Francine 10 p.m. Wednesday update

Francine weakened to a tropical storm Wednesday night after making landfall in Louisiana as a Class 2 hurricane.

At 10 p.m. Wednesday, the storm was bringing heavy rains and gusty winds to the New Orleans space.

The storm got here onshore in Terrebonne Parish as a Class 2 hurricane Wednesday, bringing life-threatening storm surge to the state, and knocking out energy to greater than 250,000 houses.

The Nationwide Hurricane Heart discontinued the hurricane watch it issued for Lake Maurepas and Lake Pontchartrain, together with metropolitan New Orleans. The hurricane warning for the Louisiana coast from Cameron eastward to Grand Isle was downgraded to a tropical storm warning. Hurricane and tropical storm warnings west of Intracoastal Metropolis have been additionally discontinued.

The place is Francine?

At 10 p.m. CT, Francine was about 35 miles west-northwest of New Orleans. It had most sustained winds of 70 mph, with tropical-storm-force winds extending outward as much as 140 miles from the storm’s heart.

The place is Francine headed?

Francine is predicted to weaken quickly right into a tropical melancholy and a post-tropical cyclone Thursday night time or early Friday because it strikes north into Mississippi.

How has Louisiana been impacted?

Francine was bringing life-threatening storm surge and damaging winds to elements of Louisiana, the Hurricane Heart stated.

Greater than a dozen parishes, together with Orleans, are underneath a twister watch till 11 p.m.

Forecasters stated storm surge might be over 9 toes in St. Mary Parish and Terrebonne Parish. Lake Pontchartrain might see storm surge 4 to six toes.

Southern Louisiana and different areas alongside the Gulf Coast anticipated to see as much as 8 inches of rain into Thursday morning with some areas seeing remoted quantities of 12 inches, which might trigger appreciable flash and concrete flooding.

Forecasters stated the storm surge might convey water between 3 to 10 toes above floor stage in some elements.

Watches in impact

A storm surge warning is in impact for:

• Avery Island Louisiana to the Mississippi/Alabama Border
• Vermilion Bay
• Lake Maurepas
• Lake Pontchartrain

A tropical storm warning is in impact for:

• Intracoastal Metropolis, Louisiana to the Alabama/Florida border
• Lake Maurepas
• Lake Pontchartrain, together with metropolitan New Orleans

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