Francine is the sixth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season. It is expected to strengthen into a hurricane.
A storm system monitored by National Hurricane Center experts has strengthened into a tropical storm as of late Monday morning, and forecasts show it making landfall in one of three at-risk states as the storm nears the United States.Tropical Storm Francine is the sixth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season. It forms after an unexpected lull in tropical activity that followed Hurricane Ernesto, which never made U.S.
States are already bracing for life-threatening impacts, as the NHC has warned the storm could create the potential for lethal storm surge in the coastline parts of upper Texas and Louisiana.Newsweek has reached out to the NHC by email for comment.'There is an increasing risk of damaging hurricane-force winds in portions of southern Louisiana beginning Wednesday, where a Hurricane Watch is now in effect,' the NHC said in its most recent update.
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