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While Francine has been downgraded from a Category 2 storm to a tropical depression after making landfall in Louisiana on Wednesday (September 11) night, it has dumped a month's worth of rain in New Orleans and continues to bring flooding rains as it moves north across the state.
The storm also knocked out power to over 450,000 people across the region.
Francine is forecast to dump up to ten more inches of rain across the region through Friday, leading to flood watches and warnings covering around 12 million people across parts of Louisiana, Alabama, Arkansas, Tennessee, Georgia, and Florida. Parts of eastern Louisiana and the coast of Mississippi could also see storm surge flooding.
"There is a danger of life-threatening storm surge during the next several hours for portions of the eastern Louisiana and Mississippi coastlines, where a Storm Surge Warning remains in effect," the National Hurricane Center said in a 5 a.m. ET update.