Tropical Storm Francine 2024. Francine made landfall in terrebonne parish as a category 2 hurricane but weakened as it moved across land and was downgraded to a tropical storm. Tropical storm conditions are possible within the watch area along the northeastern coast of mexico for the next few hours.
The first evacuations have been ordered along the gulf coast as tropical storm francine gains strength ahead of an expected hurricane strike by midweek, and. The sixth named storm of the atlantic hurricane season, francine drew fuel from exceedingly warm gulf of mexico waters.