{"id":49603,"date":"2024-09-10T20:51:23","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T00:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=49603"},"modified":"2024-09-10T20:51:29","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T00:51:29","slug":"francine-strengthens-into-a-hurricane-ahead-of-forecasted-wednesday-landfall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2024\/09\/10\/francine-strengthens-into-a-hurricane-ahead-of-forecasted-wednesday-landfall\/","title":{"rendered":"Francine strengthens into a hurricane ahead of forecasted Wednesday landfall"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Francine was upgraded to a hurricane on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The system became a tropical storm in the Gulf of Mexico on Monday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"a6b2bb\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #a6b2bb;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"897\" height=\"736\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/211929_5day_cone_with_line_and_wind.png?resize=897%2C736&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49604 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/211929_5day_cone_with_line_and_wind.png?w=897&amp;ssl=1 897w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/211929_5day_cone_with_line_and_wind.png?resize=300%2C246&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/211929_5day_cone_with_line_and_wind.png?resize=768%2C630&amp;ssl=1 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Francine is expected to intensify into a hurricane before reaching Louisiana\u2019s coastline by Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here\u2019s some facts about the storm:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Francine becomes the 6th named storm of the 2024 season.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Forecast to become the 4th hurricane of the 2024 season.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Forecast to make landfall as a hurricane along the Louisiana coastline Wednesday.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The average date for the 4th hurricane of the season is September 16.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This is the first time we\u2019ve had a named storm in the \u201cAtlantic\u201d basin since August 20 (Ernesto).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No local impacts from Francine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Francine was upgraded to a hurricane on Tuesday night. 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