Francine has left hundreds of thousands without power and caused widespread flooding after slamming the coast of Louisiana before driving inland.
It made landfall as a Category 2 hurricane at 5 p.m. local time on Wednesday, carrying winds of 100 miles per hour.
Francine rapidly weakened into a tropical storm before diminishing further into a depression on Thursday morning.
It was moving over central Mississippi on Thursday morning with 35 miles per hour winds and is forecasted to head north toward Tennessee and the eastern edge of Arkansas.
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