Important Takeaways:

• The center of Francine has passed over New Orleans and is dumping huge amounts of rain across Louisiana, southern Mississippi, Alabama and the Florida Panhandle.
• Francine made landfall as a Category 2 hurricane at Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, at 5 p.m. local time yesterday and has since weakened to a tropical storm with sustained wind speeds of 35 mph this morning.
• More than 400,000 customers were without power in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, according to the PowerOut.us website.
• A storm surge warning is in effect from Grand Isle, Louisiana, to the Mississippi-Alabama border, meaning there could be life-threatening inundation from the sea.
• 14 million people are under flood warnings, with heavy rain and possible tornadoes expected through tomorrow.

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