SUMMARY: The White House has declared a major disaster in Louisiana due to Hurricane Francine, activating federal aid for recovery efforts in several parishes. President Biden‘s declaration enables funding for temporary housing, home repairs, and low-cost loans for uninsured property losses. Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry emphasized the importance of this federal assistance for rebuilding after the hurricane. Francine made landfall as a Category 2 storm, producing 6-8 inches of rain in the New Orleans area, causing flash flooding, and leaving 388,000 without power in Louisiana, along with outages in Mississippi and Alabama.

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SUMMARY: Good morning! In Louisiana, the state treasurer’s office has announced that it will now accept cryptocurrency, such as Bitcoin, for state services. State Treasurer John Fleming noted that a private company has been hired to convert these cryptocurrency payments into dollars. The Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has already processed the first Bitcoin payment.

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SUMMARY: High pressure is shifting east, allowing for potential tropical development in the northern Caribbean next week, although it’s still uncertain. The remnants of Gordon remain in the open Atlantic with no land impact expected. A low pressure area could form in the northwestern Caribbean, with the GFS model suggesting a possible tropical system could approach Florida by Thursday, September 26th. However, the European model indicates minimal activity aside from an area of moisture in the southern Gulf. Overall, no immediate tropical concerns are present, with pleasant weather anticipated as fall begins.

There is one spot with low tropical development chances in the northern Caribbean Sea. It is something to monitor over the next week, and it is too early to tell what will happen. Stay tuned for the latest on this. Elsewhere in the tropics, the remnants of Gordon are in the open Atlantic Ocean and will stay there. This will have no impacts on any land areas.

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