breaking news a tropical disturbance will be forming in the Gulf of Mexico over the next day threatening Louisiana and Texas dumping at least 12 in of rain the National Hurricane Center has issued warnings for potential Category 2 three hurricane with maximum wind speeds reaching 129 mph this storm could cause extensive damage to homes uproot trees and result in prolong power outages for days and maybe even weeks landfall is expected Wednesday at 7:00 a.m. CDT time and Thursday at 1:00 a.m. in that time zone if this storm strikes while people are as sleep consequences could be devastating as soon as these wind speeds reach 73 mph it will be officially declared Hurricane Fran scene if you or anyone you know that lives in these affected areas please share this video immediately additionally there is a marginal risk of severe weather in New York tonight including damaging winds large hell and