A red and black warning flag flies Tuesday at New Orleans' lakefront ahead of Tropical Storm Francine's landfall. Image: Carlie Kollath Wells/Axios New Orleans is under a tropical storm warning ahead ...

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.

Wearing a crisp white fishing shirt, green trousers and tactical boots, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry grabbed a plastic bag ...

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 ...

"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 ...

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Hurricane Francine has strengthened into an "extremely dangerous" Category 2 as the National Hurricane Center (NHC) begins tracking a new tropical depression in the Atlantic Ocean. Francine became ...

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

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