Multiple factors both in the atmosphere and ocean determine whether a tropical storm or hurricane will gain strength, hold ...

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

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 ...

Tropical Storm Francine, churning through the western Gulf of Mexico toward the Louisiana coast this week, was expected to intensify into a hurricane by Wednesday, National Hurricane Center ...

Francine picked up steam and speed Tuesday, finally reaching hurricane strength and turning northeast toward an eventual landfall on Louisiana's Gulf Coast sometime on Wednesday afternoon or evening.

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 ...

The National Hurricane Center said Wednesday night that Francine is no longer a hurricane and now is a tropical storm. Francine has sustained winds of 70 mph as it moves across southern Louisiana.

Hurricane Francine, which was a tropical storm, comes at the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season. Forecasters are also tracking two other areas for potential development this week. 7 ...

Francine made landfall as a Category 2 hurricane around 4 p.m. in Terrebonne Parish, about 30 miles southwest of Morgan City, in southern Louisiana, forecasters at the National Hurricane Center said.

BATON ROUGE, La. — 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 ...

Hurricane Francine’s maximum sustained winds (90 mph) are currently just six mph shy of Category 2 strength on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale, which is rated between 96-110 mph.

Francine strengthens to hurricane and is set to strike Louisiana. A “life-threatening” storm surge could bring 5 to 10 feet of inundation to the state’s coastal communities.