BATON ROUGE — Hurricane Francine caused damage Wednesday in East Baton Rouge Parish. The National Weather Service reported that a metal roof had been taken off a building in the Gardere area and landed in a neighbor’s yard.Just before 8 p.m. Thursday, there were 10,000 power outages reported in the parish, out of 222,000 utility customers, or about 4.6 percent.At around 7:14 p.m., BRPD noted a tree blocking all four north and south lanes on the 900 block of North Foster Drive. It is now clear of debris and now back open.Click the icons below for resources for Francine: Stay tuned to Channel 2 for more storm coverage. Click here to stream our 24-hour newscast.Permalink| Comments
BATON ROUGE — Hurricane Francine caused damage Wednesday in East Baton Rouge Parish.
The National Weather Service reported that a metal roof had been taken off a building in the Gardere area and landed in a neighbor’s yard.
Just before 8 p.m. Thursday, there were 10,000 power outages reported in the parish, out of 222,000 utility customers, or about 4.6 percent.
At around 7:14 p.m., BRPD noted a tree blocking all four north and south lanes on the 900 block of North Foster Drive. It is now clear of debris and now back open.
Click the icons below for resources for Francine:
Stay tuned to Channel 2 for more storm coverage. Click here to stream our 24-hour newscast.