Editor's note: This page is a summary of news on Hurricane Francine for Tuesday, Sept. 10. For the latest, view our file for Wednesday, Sept. 11. Francine strengthened into a hurricane Tuesday ...

Maximum sustained winds were 85 mph as of 10:20 p.m. CDT, making Francine a hurricane. Bands of rain are beginning to wrap into parts of the northern Gulf Coast.

Francine’s storm surge on the Louisiana coast could reach as much as 10 feet (3 meters) from Cameron to Port Fourchon and into Vermilion Bay, forecasters said.

Francine has strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 90 mph and is forecast to keep strengthening – possibly to a Category 2 storm – ahead of landfall along ...

ORLANDO — Francine strengthened into a hurricane Tuesday and was expected to make landfall on the northern Gulf Coast in Louisiana, according to the National Hurricane Center. As of the ...

Hurricane Francine has strengthened into an "extremely dangerous" Category 2 as the National Hurricane Center (NHC) begins tracking a new tropical depression in the Atlantic Ocean.

Francine is expected to make landfall on Wednesday afternoon. Tropical Storm Francine is now a Category 1 hurricane. The weather pattern strengthened on Tuesday night, reaching 75 mph winds as it ...

Hurricane Francine has slammed into Louisiana as a dangerous Category 2 storm, knocking out power to more than a quarter million customers and threatening a large stretch of the Gulf Coast with flo… ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- The tropics are heating up after nearly a month of inactivity. Tropical Storm Francine strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane on Tuesday evening ahead of its expected ...

The National Hurricane Center said Francine gained hurricane status about 350 miles southwest of Morgan City, Louisiana. Francine strengthens into a hurricane as Louisiana braces for landfall: Updates ...

Francine’s storm surge on the Louisiana coast could reach as much as 10 feet (3 meters) from Cameron to Port Fourchon and into Vermilion Bay, forecasters said.

Francine became a hurricane Tuesday evening as it barreled toward south Louisiana, strengthening over extremely warm Gulf waters as those in possible harm's way rushed to complete storm preparations ...