UPDATE: Hurricane Francine makes landfall in Louisiana as a Category 2 storm
Updated: Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, at 5:11 p.m. central time MORGAN CITY, La. — Hurricane Francine struck Louisiana on Wednesday evening as a Category 2 storm that
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