A strengthening Tropical Storm Francine is expected to become a hurricane long before it reaches the Louisiana coast Wednesday, federal forecasters said on Monday.
Track Tropical Storm Francine’s path, forecast and hurricane statusThe hurricane center's latest forecast cone has the storm making landfall in Louisiana between the Texas border and New Orleans about 1 p.m. Wednesday.
"Francine expected to become a hurricane soon," a National Hurricane Center said in the headline to its latest advisory.
A hurricane watch remains in effect for almost the entire Louisiana coast from Cameron to Grand Isle.
August’s tropical cyclone activity “was a little below normal” in terms of the number of named storms, the hurricane center said.
Persons:
Francine, Jeff Landry, Monique B, Port Fourchon, Debby, Ernesto
Organizations:
National Hurricane Center, Lousiana, Mayor, NOAA, Atmospheric Administration
Locations:
Louisiana, Gulf of Mexico, Rio Grande, Mexico, Texas, Gulf, Galveston, New Orleans, Lafayette , Louisiana, Port Mansfield, Rio, La, Cameron, Grand Isle, Mississippi, Island , Texas, Alabama, Vermilion, Maurepas, Lake Pontchartrain, Bend, Florida, South Carolina, Bermuda, Pacific
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