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A mandatory evacuation is underway in Plaquemines Parish as Tropical Storm Francine gains strength.
An evacuation order took effect at 7 a.m. at Lake Hermitage, Happy Jack, Tidewater Road, Myrtle Grove, Venice, and from White Ditch to Phoenix, Wood Park and Grand Bayou.
At 2 p.m., voluntary evacuations will affect all of Eastbank and Venice north to Alliance.
Other mandatory evacuations in southeastern Louisiana include parts of Jefferson and Terrebonne Parishes, plus Lafitte and Grand Isle.
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