Francine updates: Storm pushes across South as tropical depression

As residents in Louisiana hunker down due to Francine, Keith Turi, the associate administrator for the Federal Emergency Management Association, warned of potential hazards in the wake of the storm.

"What many people don't know is that some of the most dangerous times are those hours right after the storm passes, when you've got high floodwaters or power lines down or even operating a generator, making sure you're doing that safely and keeping it away from your home," Turi told ABC News Live's Kyra Phillips.

Turi said the agency has been coordinating with state and local officials for several days as Francine approached and will be prepared to conduct damage assessments on Thursday.

Francine has made landfall as a Category 2 hurricane in southern Louisiana with 100 mph winds.

Landfall was about 30 miles south-southwest of Morgan City, in Terrebonne Parish.

Francine has strengthened to a Category 2 hurricane with 100 mph winds as its eye approaches the Louisiana coast.

Life-threatening storm surge and hurricane conditions are moving onto shore.

Hurricane Francine’s eyewall is nearing the Louisiana coast, bringing hurricane-force winds close to shore.

Francine is now located 115 miles southwest of New Orleans and is moving northeast at 17 mph.

Some voluntary evacuations were issued in Terrebonne Parish, along the Louisiana coastline southwest of New Orleans, Parish President Jason Bergeron told ABC News.

"We're starting to get some of the first bands coming through. And so we're just getting everybody hunkered down and getting people to get to safety," he said. "We opened our shelter last night and then we issued the curfew at 8 a.m. this morning, going to 8 a.m. tomorrow morning."