in water that water Francine made landfall on the Louisiana coast Wednesday evening as a dangerous Category 2 storm that knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses and threatened to cause widespread flooding as it churned out a potentially deadly storm surge that swept Inland along the Gulf Coast although it quickly weakened into a tropical storm it still had the strength to blow away buildings boats and cause alarming danger and damage to people oh my God yo yo Francine made landfall in tabon Parish about 30 Mi Southwest of Morgan City the National Hurricane Center reported at 4 P.M CDT with Peak Winds of nearly 100 mph the storm then lashed a fragile coastal region that is yet to fully recover from a series of devastating storms in 2020 and 2021 [Applause] ni and clean Morgan City fire chief Alvin cocher said Francine quickly flooded streets downed power lines and sent tree limbs [Applause] flying there were no immediate reports of deaths or injuries nearly 392,000 customers across Louisiana were without power early Thursday morning according to utility tracker powerout.us TV coverage from Louisiana's Coastal communities showed waves from nearby lakes rivers and the gulf crashing against seaw walls water rushed into city streets and neighborhoods amid torrential rains oh my God oh my God mommy oh my god get Mike get Mike look at your line oh my God hardest hit by the outages were tabon Parish near where the storm made landfall as well as neighboring St Mary Parish which includes Morgan City not supposed to be there's a whole group of them that is washing away it's unclear if they were anchored it's unclear what the deal is but three boats have collided here in dck and mind you Francine which was centered about 20 mi Northwest of New Orleans had Peak Winds of 50 mph as of 2 a.m. ET Thursday according to the Storm Center about half the force it had when it made landfall 9 hours earlier the storm is moving North East at 14 mph I don't know what the the National Hurricane Center urged residents to shelter overnight as Francine blows Inland the storm's projected path includes New Orleans where forecasters said the eye of the storm could pass building oh it's red for a four hurricane well this is it I would I love that starting to look like he might have one Heavy Rain bands began falling on New Orleans Wednesday morning morning and are expected to intensify as Francine makes landfall New Orleans could see up to 10 in of rain testing the city's water pumps and sewer systems okay now it's here holy moly and we sit way outside in this okay I'm going in I'm going in Francine Drew fuel from the extremely warm Waters of the Gulf of Mexico strengthening into a category 2 storm hours before making landfall the National Hurricane Center said a category 2 storm is classified as having Winds of 96 to 110 mph and is capable of causing major damage still dangerous the storm began to weaken as it made landfall dropping back down to a category 1 hurricane in less than 2 hours with Peak Winds of 85 mph Francine continued to move Northeast at a Brisk 17 mph on its way to New Orleans about 55 M away please like share and subscribe to our channel to get the latest weather updates every day don't forget to turn on the notification Bell so you don't miss any of our videos have a nice day and be prepared for any weather conditions see you in the next news done with a tornado here in a minute oh w