Francine’s track has shifted, putting more of southeast Louisiana in its crosshairs for a landfall late tomorrow afternoon or tomorrow night. Andrew Greenstein reports.

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Francine will produce power outages. Cleco spokesperson Jennifer Cahill says they are setting up staging areas to house material and supplies, securing housing for out-of-area workers and specialized equipment is on stand-by…

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Cleco has brought in 17-hundred additional contractors to help restore power once the storm passes.

Evacuations are underway in Louisiana’s low lying areas along the coast that are not protected by a levee system. Lafourche Parish President Archie Chaisson says a mandatory evacuation order is set to go into effect in his parish at 5 PM for high risk flooding areas…

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Once the power goes out, people turn to portable generators for electricity. Director of the West Bank Fire Services, Don Robertson, has this message…

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Robertson says it’s also smart to have a working carbon monoxide detector in your home when using a generator.