UPDATED ON AIR AND ONLINE THROUGHOUT THE DURATION. OF COURSE, ALL THIS IS STEMMING FROM HURRICANE FRANCINE IN THE GULF. NOW TROPICAL STORM ON LOUISIANA. CHRISTIANECORDERO HAS MORE ON FRENZY. >> THIS MORNING, HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS ARE TRAVELING FROM NEW ORLEANS TO CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AS FRANCINE FORCES. THOSE IN ITS PATH TO HUNKER DOWN. WHATEVER IS OVERWHELMED, SCARE, EVEN THOUGH YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH STORMS I FEEL FOR FAMILY. EVERY TIME THE PHONE ABC'S MATT RIVERS WAS ON THE LOUISIANA COAST. ONE FRANCINE PROPELLED BY WARM WATER IN THE GULF OF MEXICO MADE LANDFALL AS A CATEGORY 2 HURRICANE. THIS HURRICANE COMING ASHORE AS WE SPEAK. AND WE ARE IN EYE WALL. THE MOST INTENSE PART OF THIS STORM WITH WINDS UP TO 100 MILES AN HOUR. THE THREAT OF POWER OUTAGES INCREASING BY THE MINUTE. WITH IT CAME A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR SOUTHERN LOUISIANA. SOME AREAS BRACING FOR UP TO 10 FEET OF STORM SURGE AND EXPERIENCING 5 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR. A HEAVY RAIN SUBMERGING CARS AND NEW ORLEANS. THE WHEN DOWNING TREES AND POWER LINES IN SEVERAL NEARBY PARISHES. THIS VIDEO SHOWS WHAT CREWS MUST NAVIGATE ON THE WATER AS A SHRIMP BOAT TRAVELS ON A RIVER THROUGH LITTLE VISIBILITY. FRANCINE HAS SINCE BEEN DOWNGRADED TO A TROPICAL STORM AFFECTING LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA KEEPING THE THREAT OF WIND DAMAGE, FLOODING AND BRINGING ANOTHER CHALLENGE. AS THESE BANDS COME ASHORE. YOU CAN GET THESE TORNADOES THAT SPIN UP. >> BOTTOM LINE IS IT'S JUST ALL HAZARDS COMING TOGETHER HERE IN SOUTHERN LOUISIANA. >> LOUISIANA HAS ACTIVATED MORE THAN 2000 NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS. AS FRANCINE PUSHES INLAND. IT'S ALSO EXPECTED TO AFFECT PARTS