the Gulf Coast is bracing for dangerous hurricane conditions as Francine is expected to make landfall today in Louisiana cbn's Jenner Browder is on that story preparations are underway people in Louisiana filling sandbags and readying their homes as hurricane Francine barrels toward the Gulf Coast I think the fact that we've been spared most of thean seas from any major storm it's like uh now ready to go and get get into planning mode and help each other out Francine strengthening last night to a category 1 hurricane reaching 75 mph winds she's expected to make landfall southwest of New Orleans we going to get through this because I'm staying I'm not leaving this year I'm not leaving because I don't think it's going to be that that great of a deal up to one foot of rain is projected for parts of Louisiana President Biden declaring a state of emergency for the state Paving the way for federal support storm surge could reach 10 feet along parts of the Louisiana coast and flash flooding is a concern for people in Louisiana and Mississippi today by tomorrow the heavy rain is expected to move north to Arkansas Missouri Tennessee and Kentucky Jenna Browder CBN News