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Since 2000, 13 hurricanes have made direct landfall on the Pelican State. Cyclones include Hurricane Katrina, which struck the New Orleans area as a Category 3, and Hurricane Laura, which made landfall in the western part of the state as a Category 4 in 2020.
Many residents of Kenner, Louisiana, are reeling after Hurricane Francine brought torrential rains and floods that destroyed their homes and vehicles.
Tropical Depression Nine formed on Thursday and organized enough to become a tropical storm. Landfall is expected to happen near Cabo San Lucas along Mexicoâs Baja California. Tropical Storm Warnings and Watches are in effect for the province ahead impacts.
Charged particles crashing into Earth created strong solar storm conditions on Thursday, and a Geomagnetic Storm Watch continues through at least Friday for a renewed chance of seeing the Northern Lights.
Footage shot in Houma, Louisiana, on Wednesday captured images of the devastation caused by Francine, which made landfall in the Pelican State as a Category 2 hurricane.
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake rocked parts of Southern California on Thursday morning.
Four civilians on SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission were exposed to the vacuum of space and completed the first-ever private spacewalk on Thursday while zooming at more than 17,500 mph above Earth.
Francine's center of circulation is slowly moving north through Mississippi. Winds have dropped below 40 mph, so itâs officially Tropical Depression Francine now.
The terrifying power of Hurricane Francine is captured in a dramatic video of a shrimp boat struggling against towering waves and howling winds, as a Louisiana fisherman fights for survival.
The combination of a storm surge along Lake Pontchartrain and heavy rainfall in metro New Orleans caused the National Weather Service to issue a Flash Flood Emergency for parts of the metro on Wednesday.