Hurricane Francine

Our team launched critical relief efforts in LaPlace, Louisiana, supporting those affected by Hurricane Francine. Volunteers swiftly cleared a massive fallen tree at Ascension of Our Lord Catholic School, restoring access to the playground. The school expressed gratitude: “We are incredibly thankful to the All Hands and Hearts volunteers for their quick response in removing the tree left behind by Francine.”

We are assessing the damage caused by Hurricane Francine in the St. John the Baptist Parish and surrounding areas. With the parish estimating nearly 400 homes affected by the storm, All Hands and Hearts is working closely with partners to identify community members in the greatest need.

All Hands and Hearts’ DART is on the ground in LaPlace, Louisiana connecting with local contacts and other organizations providing relief to the impacts of Hurricane Francine. We’ve partnered with CORE and New Wine Christian Fellowship to identify potential scopes of work and affected communities.

Two of our volunteers arrived in Atlanta and are preparing to leave for Louisiana with tools and supplies. The rest of the team will be joining them in Louisiana tomorrow. To support communities affected by Hurricane Francine, consider donating today.

Francine has become a post-tropical cyclone, now bringing maximum sustained winds near 25 mph and moving at 9 mph. Heavy rainfall will continue and there is a threat of tornadoes across portions of Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and the Florida Panhandle.

All Hands and Hearts is mobilizing a DART to support communities affected by Hurricane Francine. 

Francine has weakened to a tropical depression over south-central Mississippi bringing heavy rainfall to Mississippi, Alabama and the Florida Panhandle. Moving at a speed of 12 mph, a turn northward is expected in the next day. All Hands and Hearts is monitoring Francine’s path and impacts.

With maximum sustained winds of 100 mph, Hurricane Francine has made landfall in southern Louisiana as a Category 2 hurricane. All Hands and Hearts is closely monitoring this storm and its impacts.

Hurricane Francine is currently a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 90 mph. Life-threatening storm surge and hurricane-force winds are expected to begin in Louisiana this afternoon. All Hands and Hearts is closely monitoring this storm.

Tropical Francine has been upgraded to Hurricane Francine with maximum sustained winds of near 90 mph with even higher gusts. It is forecasted that landfall will occur in Louisiana this afternoon or evening before continuing to cross southeastern Louisiana tonight. All Hands and Hearts is closely monitoring Hurricane Francine and its impacts.

Tropical Storm Francine is now moving north-northeastward across the western Gulf of Mexico with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph. Francine is forecasted to strengthen into a hurricane later today or tonight and make landfall in Louisiana on Wednesday. All Hands and Hearts is engaging our DART in preparation and will continue to closely monitor Francine and its impacts.

The National Hurricane Center forecasts Francine as a Category 2 hurricane at landfall. L​ife-threatening storm surge will build and inundate low-lying areas along the upper Texas and Louisiana coasts beginning Tuesday night. Rainfall totals from Francine could reach four to eight inches, with local amounts to 12 inches, across much of Louisiana and Mississippi. Both mandatory and voluntary evacuations have been ordered in Louisiana. All Hands and Hearts will continue to monitor Tropical Storm Francine as it moves through the southern United States.

Tropical Storm Francine is expected to become a hurricane soon, with storm surge and hurricane warnings in effect for the Louisiana coast. On the forecast track, Francine is anticipated to be just offshore of the coasts of northeastern Mexico and southern Texas through Tuesday, and make landfall in Louisiana on Wednesday.

Potential Tropical Cyclone Six has intensified with windspeeds of 50 mph and is now categorized as Tropical Storm Francine, the sixth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season. Still moving at 5 mph, a slow north-northwestward motion is expected for the remainder of the day. All Hands and Hearts is closely monitoring Tropical Storm Francine, its trajectory and impacts.

Potential Tropical Cyclone Six is expected to become Tropical Storm Francine today. On the forecast track, the disturbance is expected to move just offshore of the northern Gulf Coast of Mexico through Tuesday, and approach the Louisiana and Upper Texas coastline on Wednesday.

A Tropical Storm Watch has been issued for extreme southern Texas from Port Mansfield southward to the Mouth of the Rio Grande. The disturbance is moving toward the north-northwest near 5 mph. All Hands and Hearts is monitoring this weather system.

A system in the Gulf of Mexico is likely to strengthen beginning on Tuesday, with an increasing risk of life-threatening storm surge and damaging winds along the upper Texas and  Louisiana coasts by mid-week. Potential Tropical Cyclone Six could become the Francine, the sixth named tropical cyclone to form in the Atlantic in 2024.