Hurricane Francine makes landfall in Louisiana as Category 2

Hurricane Francine made landfall as a Category 2 storm in Terrebonne Parish, La., at approximately 6 p.m. EDT, after rapidly intensifying throughout on Wednesday.

By 9 p.m. EDT, the storm had weakened to a Category 1 hurricane, with maximum sustained winds decreasing from 100 mph to 75 mph.

The National Weather Service (NWS), however, still described the storm as "life-threatening" and warned of "considerable" flash and urban flooding, hurricane-force winds and tornadoes along the Louisiana...