Election anxiety is consuming me alive | Francine Prose

II'm not the calmest person or the most anxious person. But Kamala Harris' road to the White House is getting narrower by the minute, and I'm sick to my stomach with worry. I wanted to go to sleep on election night knowing that Harris won and that we were safe. But it wasn't what we […]

Hurricane Francine makes landfall in Louisiana as Category 2

Hurricane Francine Landed It strengthened rapidly throughout Wednesday, becoming a Category 2 storm in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, around 6:00 pm EDT. By 9:00 pm EDT, the storm had weakened to a Category 1 hurricane, with maximum sustained winds decreasing from 100 mph to 75 mph. However, the National Weather Service still described the storm as […]

Hurricane Francine causing cancellations across Gulf Coast airline, cruise travel

Travelers to or from the US Gulf Coast, from Texas to Florida, should have an emergency plan in place as Hurricane Francine is disrupting travel throughout the region. The National Hurricane Center predicts Francine will make landfall in Louisiana late Wednesday. The system's most dangerous impacts include life-threatening storm surge, dangerous coastal conditions and strong […]

Francine gains strength and is expected to be a hurricane when it reaches US Gulf Coast

Tropical Storm Francine was strengthening and swirling in the Gulf of Mexico and was expected to reach hurricane strength before making landfall in Louisiana on Tuesday. Storm surge warnings were issued for areas from east of Houston to the mouth of the Mississippi River south of New Orleans, according to the National Hurricane Center. Such […]