WALL. I'M JERMONT TERRY, CBS2 NEWS, CHICAGO. >>> NOW TO A WEATHER ALERT IN THE SOUTH TONIGHT. HURRICANE FRANCINE POUNDED SOUTHERN LOUISIANA AS IT MADE LANDFALL. IT IS NOW A TROPICAL STORM. WE HAVE A LIVE LOOK AT NEW ORLEANS WHERE RESIDENTS ARE BRACING FOR A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY. >> INCHES OF RAIN ARE ADDING UP NOW. WIND GUSTS ARE BRINGING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. IN LOUISIANA ALONE, NEARLY 250,000 PEOPLE ARE WITHOUT POWER AND THIS NUMBER IS CLIMBING. THE NATIONAL GUARD IS MOBILIZED AND READY TO RESCUE. DAMAGED BUILDINGS LIKE THIS, AND FEMA IS ALREADY ON THE GROUND. >> LET'S BRING IN METEOROLOGIST DAVID. >> AFTER YOU LOSE POWER IN A STORM LIKE THIS, YOU DON'T HAVE POWER, YOU DON'T HAVE AIR-CONDITIONING FOR DAYS BEHIND IT. THAT IS A BIG DEAL. EVEN IN THE FALL DOWN SOUTH. HERE IS THE STORM WITH THE EYE OF FRANCINE NOW A TROPICAL STORM LOSING SOME OF ITS HURRICANE CHARACTERISTICS. JUST SOUTHWEST OF NEW ORLEANS. THE NEW ORLEANS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT REPORTED A 78 MILE-PER-HOUR WIND GUST SOUTHWEST OF OF THE CITY IN NEARBY HOMA. A BUILDING WAS BLOWN DOWN AND DESTROYED. THE STORM WEAKENING BUT MOVING OUR WAY. AND STARTING TOMORROW, WE'LL GET SOME CLOUD COVER AND BREEZY EAST WINDS ON THE PERIPHERY. I WILL SHOW YOU WHEN