A Hurricane warning has been issued for parts of the Louisiana coastline as Tropical Storm Francine continues to intensify in the Gulf of Mexico and prepares to hit Louisiana several hours earlier than previously expected.
The National Hurricane Center’s (NHC) 4 p.m. CDT advisory on Sept. 9 projects that the eye of Francine will make landfall as a Category 2 hurricane at roughly 1 p.m. on Sept. 11, with maximum sustained winds of 100 miles per hour.
The forecast track has the eye making landfall in the Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge and then trekking inland north-northeast toward the Mississippi River. It will come extremely close to cities including Lafayette, Lake Carles, Cameron, and Alexandria. It is expected to weaken into a tropical storm with 50-mile-per-hour winds within 12 hours of making landfall....
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