Governor Jeff Landry declared a state of emergency as Hurricane Francine, a Category 2 storm, nears Louisiana. Residents, brace for strong winds, heavy rain, and flooding. Stay safe and be prepared!
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00:00By adhering to those warnings, then guess what? You end up saving lives as well.
00:06We're just trying to be prepared as possible, so we know the devastation that it brings.
00:10I mean, stay safe.
00:13Evacuation orders are in effect for people to leave their homes here along the Louisiana Gulf
00:18Coast. We do not want people to wait to the last minute. If you do choose to stay at home,
00:24it could put yourself at risk as well as our responders. It puts everybody in danger.
00:30Well, thank you so much for joining us. I'm Jeff Cornish, and we continue to track now
00:35Hurricane Francine. If you tuned in just around 7.30 Eastern, 6.30 Central, we told you that
00:40Francine became officially a hurricane with the new official 8 o'clock numbers coming in a little
00:46earlier, 7 o'clock Central numbers confirming it. We do have Francine as a Category 1 hurricane now
00:52moving to the Northeast, and we're expecting to see this continue to strengthen into a Category
00:572 storm right around the time of landfall within 24 hours, around 6 p.m. Wednesday. So big impacts
01:04coming, and we're very concerned about what this will be doing in Louisiana with heavy rain,
01:09significant dangerous storm surge, wind, and other hazards as well. We also have team coverage with
01:14Francine with crews all along the Gulf Coast. We'll continue to bring you live reports as
01:19millions prepare, and right through the week as the storm makes landfall and through more of the
01:25Central U.S., we'll see additional rain Thursday and Friday.