Hundreds of thousands of people were left without power after Hurricane Francine made landfall in Louisiana on Wednesday, bringing torrential winds and rain.
As of Thursday morning, Francine had been downgraded to a tropical storm, and there were an estimated 391,159 customers without power in Louisiana and 64,247 without power in Mississippi. The storm system is expected to move through Louisiana on Thursday and impact other southern states.
Francine made landfall as a category 2 hurricane at 5:00 p.m. local time in the southern Louisiana Parish of Terrebonne on Wednesday. Its maximum winds were up to 100 miles per hour, according to the National Hurricane Center, and hit Morgan City hard with rain and wind.
“It’s a little bit worse than what I expected to be honest with you,” said Morgan City Sheriff Alvin Cockerham, according to CBS. “I pulled all my trucks back to the…
