Hurricane Francine made landfall along southern Louisiana after rapidly intensifying into a Category 2 storm, according to the National Hurricane Center.
It’s now a Category 1 as the centre pushes inland, with top-end winds lowered from 100 mph at landfall to 90 mph at 7 p.m. EDT.
New Orleans is preparing for potential flooding with 4 to 8 inches of rainfall expected, and airlines have cancelled all flights out of Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport.
Evacuation orders expanded across the Louisiana coast on Tuesday because of the storm surge threat, including parts of the greater New Orleans area outside of the levee protection system. Schools and public offices in the region are closed.
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