Francine strengthened into a hurricane Tuesday night and is ... delaying its arrival at hurricane strength. "Now that Francine has a well-organized core, significant strengthening seems likely ...

Francine became a hurricane Tuesday evening as it barreled toward south Louisiana, strengthening over extremely warm Gulf waters as those in possible harm's way rushed to complete storm ...

Hurricane Francine has strengthened into an "extremely ... The NHC anticipates that Tropical Depression Seven will strengthen into a tropical storm by Wednesday night or Thursday.

Its forward speed is expected to increase into Wednesday as it is scooped up by a dip in the jet stream. The National Hurricane Center said Francine had been battling dry air since Monday night ...

Francine became a Category 1 hurricane overnight, and wind speeds have maintained around 90 mph throughout Wednesday morning, ...

Francine became a Category 1 hurricane overnight, and the storm is expected to continue strengthening up until it makes ...

Tropical Storm Francine continues to swirl in the Gulf of Mexico Tuesday morning and is expected to strengthen into a hurricane today, then intensify before it makes landfall along the Gulf Coast ...

Credit: NOAA. Francine strengthened into a hurricane by late Tuesday and continued to strengthen into the morning hours Wednesday over the northern Gulf of Mexico as it made its final approach to ...

Hurricane Francine slammed into the Louisiana coast Wednesday evening as a dangerous Category 2 storm that knocked out electricity to more than a quarter-million customers and threatened ...

Francine became a hurricane Tuesday evening ... But it is expected to reach hurricane strength anyway. “The intensity ...

Forecasters warned that hurricane-force winds and a dangerous storm surge would begin to be felt in Louisiana on Wednesday ...