Houma, United States (AFP) – Hurricane Francine, a Category 2 storm, made landfall Wednesday evening along the southeastern US state of Louisiana, according to the National Hurricane Center.

“Heavy rains and hurricane-force winds are spreading inland across southern Louisiana,” the agency said, noting the storm’s maximum sustained winds were estimated to be near 100 mph (155 km/h).

jgc/st

© Agence France-Presse

Featured image credit: kjpargeter | Freepik.com

Fire globe - abstract (s. climate, temperatures, forever chemicals, wildfires)
Global temperatures stuck at near-record highs in April: EU monitorNews

Global temperatures stuck at near-record highs in April: EU monitor

Paris, France | AFP Global temperatures were stuck at near-record highs in April, the climate change monitor Copernicus said Thursday, extending a prolonged and exceptional…
SourceSourceMay 8, 2025 Full article
Satellite Image: Lake Alakol, Kazakhstan
Image of the day: Colour-shifting landscape of Kazakhstan’s Lake AlakolNews

Image of the day: Colour-shifting landscape of Kazakhstan’s Lake Alakol

Seasonal changes in eastern Kazakhstan paint a vivid picture in this radar image of Lake Alakol, captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission using false-colour processing…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskMay 29, 2025 Full article
Satellite Images: Rosario, Argentina (s. drought)
Image of the day: drought reshapes croplands near Rosario, ArgentinaNews

Image of the day: drought reshapes croplands near Rosario, Argentina

Climate drivers behind the drought Monitoring agriculture from space Argentina is one of the world’s major agricultural producers and exporters, supplying large volumes of soybeans,…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskMarch 5, 2026 Full article