Francine weakens after leaving trail of flooding wind damage in Louisiana live updates the danger of life-threatening Coastal storm surge remained a major concern from the sixth and strongest storm of the hurricane season frine weakens after leaving trail of flooding wind damage in Louisiana the danger of life-threatening Coastal storm surge remained a major concern from the sixth and strongest storm of the hurricane season frine muscled its way Inland Thursday as a post-tropical cyclone but still expected to bring heavy rainfall and tornado threats across Louisiana Mississippi Alabama Georgia and the Florida Panhandle over 150,000 homes and businesses were without power in Louisiana on Thursday one day after the center of the storm crashed on to shore in taboni Parish Louisiana as a category to storm driving 100 mph winds the winds diminished but unrelenting downpours turned streets into rivers as frine lashed New Orleans the waters were beginning to receive