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.

It’s a number attached to every hurricane, crucial to emergency response teams and city officials to mobilize preparedness: the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, characterized by five categories.

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As Hurricane Francine approaches the Gulf Coast, its powerful winds are about to start lashing against Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. The Category 1 hurricane, which upgraded from a tropical ...

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"When the water gets to that it backs up and floods everybody up to the slab it floods my house – in my house it’s like Lake ...

Will insurance rates go up after Hurricane Francine? Overall, Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple doesn’t believe ...

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Officials are ordering mandatory and voluntary evacuations for residents along the Louisiana coast ahead of Tropical Storm ...

That was Congressman Troy Carter’s comment as he toured areas affected by Hurricane Francine. Friday morning, Carter joined ...