Hundreds of thousands of power outages were reported in Louisiana and Mississippi early Thursday as residents in the region braced for possible flooding as Tropical Storm Francine moved inland.
Hundreds of thousands of power outages were reported in Louisiana and Mississippi early Thursday as residents in the region braced for possible flooding as Tropical Storm Francine moved farther inland.
At 4 a.m. CDT, the center of the storm was 60 miles north of New Orleans and carrying maximum sustained winds of 45 mph. Francine was moving in a northeastern path at 12 miles per hour.
Heavy rains were spreading across southern Mississippi, Alabama and the Florida Panhandle, forecasters at the National Hurricane Center said.
