Most areas note significant progress amidst minor damage. Other regions, however, were hit harder.
Lara Nicholson
Weather Channel meteorologist Jim Cantore felt some of the heaviest impacts of Hurricane Francine as the storm made landfall near Morgan City Wednesday evening.
Francine was downgraded to a tropical storm at 10 p.m. Wednesday, several hours after making landfall near Morgan City, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.
Flights in New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Lafayette are all canceled Wednesday afternoon and evening as Hurricane Francine barrels toward Louisiana's coast.
Francine is strengthening in the Gulf of Mexico and became a Category 1 hurricane Tuesday night.
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