URGENT RESCUES. THE REMNANTS OF THE STORM MOVING INLAND NOW BUT STILL DANGEROUS, AS KATHY PARK REPORTS. >> Reporter: TONIGHT TOWNS ACROSS SOUTHERN LOUISIANA ARE PICKING UP THE PIECES AFTER A DAMAGING BLOW FROM HURRICANE FRANCINE. OVERNIGHT THE POWERFUL SYSTEM SLAMMED INTO LOUISIANA'S GULF COAST WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND DRENCHING RAIN. POWER KNOCKED OUT TO THOUSANDS. THE TOWN OF HOMA TAKING THE BRUNT OF THE CATEGORY 2 STORM. >> A LOT OF WIND-DRIVEN RAIN, A LOT OF HIGH WINDS, WHICH ULTIMATELY RESULTED IN ABOUT SEVEN DIFFERENT RESCUES DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM. >> Reporter: FRANCINE WEAKENED TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION THIS MORNING. >> WE, AS OF RIGHT NOW, HAVE NO REPORTS OF ANY STORM-RELATED FATALITIES, AND WE WANT TO KEEP IT THAT WAY. >> MOTHER NATURE IS UNPREDICTABLE. >> Reporter: DAN STEVENS SAYS HIS STORE SURVIVED IDA IN 2021. AND WHILE FRANCINE WAS A WEAKER STORM, THEY TOOK A BIGGER HIT. WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION WHEN YOU CAME OUT HERE? >> WOW. YOU WOULD THINK A SMALL STORM LIKE THAT WOULD NOT DO THIS. >> Reporter: THIS TREE CRASHED INTO A POWER LINE BEHIND DAVID MOUND'S HOME. >> I HEARD THIS CRACKING AND POPPED AND I SUSPECTED IT WAS ONE OF THE TREES. >> Reporter: AND NEXT DOOR, ALBERT SHORE SAYS THE STORM NEARLY TOOK HIS LIFE. >> WE WAS PREPARED FOR IT BUT WE WAS NOT PREPARED FOR THIS. >> WE HEARD A LOUD BOOM. ALL THE CEILING JUST HAD FELL DOWN. >> Reporter: FRANCINE PACKING A POWERFUL PUNCH AND NOW ON THE MOVE AGAIN. >> KATHY JOINING US NOW FROM HARD-HIT HOMA, LOUISIANA. KATHY, AS WE MENTIONED AT THE TOP OF THE BROADCAST, THE THREAT FROM THIS STORM ISN'T OVER. >> Reporter: LESTER, THAT'S RIGHT. WHAT'S LEFT OF FRANCINE IS NOW ON THE MOVE HEADED NORTH TOWARD THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. SO, FLOODING AS WELL AS TORNADOS ARE A POSSIBILITY. MEANWHILE, HERE IN LOUISIANA, AS YOU CAN