Rescuer Miles Crawford was praised for saving the life of the motorist after he became stuck in his pickup truck during the category two storm.
A dramatic rescue was captured on live TV in New Orleans as Hurricane Francine swept in to the city. The category two storm made landfall in the state of Louisiana on Wednesday night, bringing strong winds and heavy rains which caused flooding and knocked out electricity to more than a quarter of a million properties. Jonah Gilmore, a reporter with New Orleans channel WDSU, was live on air when he spotted a vehicle driving into floodwater.
' Hurricane Francine came ashore in Louisiana with winds approaching 100mph in Terrebonne Parish, about 30 miles southwest of Morgan City, according to the National Hurricane Centre. It prompted evacuation orders for thousands of people in a region which has still not fully recovered from a series of devastating hurricanes in 2020 and 2021. Morgan City fire chief Alvin Cockerham said the hurricane quickly flooded streets, snapped power lines and sent trees crashing down.
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