A tropical system in the Gulf of Mexico is expected to strengthen to a hurricane before it brings damaging high-speed winds, heavy rains and flash flooding to Louisiana and Texas this week.

Tropical Storm Francine is currently located about 245 miles southeast of the mouth of the Rio Grande, and about 480 miles ...

After taking a northeast turn in the western Gulf of Mexico, Francine will be on a path that leads to the Louisiana Gulf ...

Tropical Storm Francine is brewing in the Gulf of Mexico and is expected to become a hurricane as it moves up the coast. Matt ...

Potential Tropical Cyclone 6 is likely to strengthen beginning on Tuesday, Sept. 10, increasing risk of life-threatening ...

Tropical Storm Francine formed Monday off the coast of Mexico and was expected to drench the Texas coast with up to a foot of ...

Potential Tropical Cyclone Six was churning in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico on Monday, while forecasters were waiting for ...

The Louisiana coast is under ... to parts of Louisiana and upper Texas coastlines beginning Tuesday night. Southern Louisiana and other areas along the Gulf Coast could see up to 8 inches of ...

Francine is expected to turn northeastward on Tuesday, riding parallel but well offshore of the Texas coastline as ... landfall along the Central Louisiana coast as a hurricane.

According to the National Hurricane Center, there is also the possibility of a life-threatening storm surge in portions of ...

A hurricane watch is in effect for parts of Louisiana, while a tropical storm watch covers Southern Texas and the Mexican coast to Barra del Tordo. A storm surge watch extends from High Island, Texas, ...

The agency predicts 34 percent of the coastal areas from High Island to throughout coastal Louisiana are forecasted ... beaches and dune systems along the Upper Texas Coast suffered significant ...