400K left with out power as Hurricane Francine weakens to tropical depression

Published: Sep 12, 2024 Duration: 00:02:11 Category: News & Politics
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crisis. But right now let's go on the scene to the southeast. That's where we are tracking tropical depression. Francine forecasters warning of flooding in Mississippi, Georgia and other Gulf states. Thousands right now sitting in the dark, massive power outages being reported in Louisiana. Crews dealing with downed trees and power lines. But so far so far, no fatalities. >> Scotty Withers is on the scene for us. >> Francine hammered Louisiana, strong winds, powerful rain and knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of people, especially here in the New Orleans area. Large number of intersections and businesses without power. People were surprised. Just how much of a punch Francine packed into this state. >> 14 Francine roaring ashore in southern Louisiana, just east of Morgan City intensify into a category 2 storm. Just moments before crashing into the Pelican State. 100 mile per hour sustained winds gusting up to 120 battering the coastal parishes. Those winds damaging buildings in Houma, knocking down walls, snapping trees, toppling power lines. The winds pushing water from the Gulf up and over the roads, flooding streets, several feet of storm surge rushing under lifted homes. The captain of this shrimp boat riding out the storm in the small fishing town of du Lac. The winds slamming the boat into the dock up to 9 inches of rain pouring down in and around the New Orleans area. The unexpected deluge drenching the French Quarter. Intense winds blowing through the tourist area on Canal Street part the standoff were got lot watching on the front, overall in no way. not saying that's all that hot to my eyes open. You why can now shoot. >> The streets quickly filling up roads across the metro parishes, flooding dozens of cars abandoned in the quick rising water, 90 of the city's 99 pumps working nonstop to drain the flooding. >> What's left of Francine is rolling up the Mississippi River Valley. Go to drop a lot of rain there in Mississippi and Tennessee over the next few days here in this state, they've been able to already

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