'She's kickin': Witness Louisiana shrimp boat battle Francine's relentless waves, howling winds
Francine made landfall at 5 p.m. CT Wednesday in Terrebonne Parish as a Category 2 storm with maximum sustained winds of 100 mph. The storm is now rapidly weakening as it transitions to a non-tropical system Thursday.
Shrimp boat battles relentless waves from Francine in Dulac, Louisiana
Witness the terrifying power of nature as a shrimp boat battles the relentless waves and howling winds of Hurricane Francine in Dulac, Louisiana.
DULAC, La. – The terrifying power of Hurricane Francine is captured in a dramatic video of a shrimp boat struggling against towering waves and howling winds, as a Louisiana fisherman fights for survival.
"She kickin'," Lance Pellegrin said on social media along with a firsthand account of Francine's onslaught aboard his vessel in Dulac.
The raw power of Hurricane Francine was on full display as storm surge inundated Dulac, Louisiana, during the storm's eyewall passage. (Lance Pellegrin)
Francine made landfall at 5 p.m. CT Wednesday in Terrebonne Parish as a Category 2 storm with maximum sustained winds of 100 mph. The storm is now rapidly weakening as it transitions to a non-tropical system Thursday.
"I see clear sky's (sic)" Pellegrin said as Francine passed. "Thanks everyone for the prayers and concern! Looks like it's just about over."
WATCH: HURRICANE FRANCINE'S FURY SLAMS LOUISIANA WITH FEROCIOUS WIND, TORRENTIAL RAIN
The calm after the storm in Dulac, Louisiana. (Lance Pellegrin)
Although weakening, the FOX Forecast Center said damaging winds, flooding rains and the threat of tornadoes are all spreading inland across Mississippi and Alabama on Thursday. The strong winds and heavy rain will reach parts of Tennessee and Arkansas later in the day.
Between the ferocious winds and heavy precipitation, Francine is responsible for plunging more than 400,000 utility customers in Louisiana and Mississippi in the Southeast into darkness.