‘Pretty scary’: Louisiana residents recall moments Hurricane Francine flooded their homes
Many residents of Kenner, Louisiana, are reeling after Hurricane Francine brought torrential rains and floods that destroyed their homes and vehicles.
Many residents of Kenner, Louisiana, are reeling after Hurricane Francine brought torrential rains and floods that destroyed their homes and vehicles.
Francine was downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone Thursday after slamming the Louisiana coast as a powerful Category 2 hurricane on Wednesday, with 100-mph winds that ripped roofs from buildings and trapped dozens of residents inside their homes amid rising floodwaters due to torrential rain.
Hurricane Francine slammed the Louisiana coast on Wednesday with destructive 100 mph winds and a dangerous storm surge that knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of utility customers in the Southeast and dumping several inches of rain that led to a rare Flash Flood Emergency.
Hurricane Francine's fury was felt across southern Louisiana on Wednesday, even before the Category 2 hurricane made landfall more than an hour southwest of New Orleans.
Video captured the moments the Capital One Tower in Lake Charles, Louisiana, was demolished on Saturday. The building was 22 stories tall and the largest skyscraper in the region but was largely empty following the impacts of Hurricane Laura in 2020.
A broad disturbance just off the Gulf of Mexico currently soaking Texas and Louisiana is being monitored for potential tropical development, but the window for that happening is quickly dwindling.
An illegal immigrant was reportedly detained by ICE during a court hearing for a crash he allegedly caused that killed a New Orleans journalist.
DOWN played the first of two Louisiana "pop-up" shows on June 20 at Southport Hall in New Orleans. Multi-camera video of "The Seed" performance from the concert is available below. The video was shot by Steven W. Richardson, Emily Blanke and Metal Dave Gonzales and was edited and produced by Mike Ho...