Francine is expected to dissipate Friday but not before bringing heavy rainfall and a flash flood threat to portions of the Tennessee Valley and Southeast, the National Hurricane Center said Friday morning.
From Friday morning through Sunday, rainfall amounts of 3 to 6 inches, with isolated totals around 8 inches, are forecast across portions of central and northern Alabama, the NHC said, with additional rainfall of 2 to 4 inches expected across portions of northeast Mississippi, western Tennessee, western Georgia and the Florida Panhandle.
Francine made landfall along the Louisiana coast as a Category 2 hurricane Wednesday night before being downgraded to a tropical storm. The system has weakened over the last couple of days and is now a post-tropical cyclone with maximum sustained winds of nearly 25 mph with higher gusts, according to the NHC.
There were no fatalities reported in Louisiana as of Thursday afternoon, Gov. Jeff Landry said at a news conference.
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