This live coverage has ended. Francine was downgraded to a tropical storm late Wednesday, the National Hurricane Center said in an update at 10 p.m. local time, after first making landfall on the ...

The storm would also affect between 4.56 billion cu ft and 6.39 ... So far this season, the U.S. energy industry has suffered ...

Record early voting in Georgia and North Carolina highlights the storm’s impact and the high stakes of the election.

Subtropical Storm Patty formed in the North Atlantic Ocean on Saturday, the 16th named storm of this year’s Atlantic ...

Thanks to extremely warm Gulf waters, Hurricane Francine rapidly intensified into a Category 2 storm Wednesday before making landfall at about 5 p.m. When the storm made landfall, the storm was ...

Hurricane Francine barreled early Wednesday toward Louisiana and is expected to make landfall in coming hours as forecasters raised threats of potentially deadly storm surge, widespread flooding ...

Francine drew fuel from exceedingly warm Gulf of Mexico waters, strengthening from a Category 1 to a Category 2 storm, with winds of 96 to 110 mph (155 to 175 kph), the National Hurricane Center said.

The worst of Hurricane Francine has not made it to most of the area in the storm's path, the National Weather Service office in New Orleans said. "NO ONE is out of the woods yet," the office said ...