For a city that routinely sees flooding, New Orleans residents and business owners were taken aback by the intense rains of Hurricane Francine, which still was at Category 1 strength when it passed over the city Wednesday night.

Bands of rain blow in front of the Caesars Superdome on Wednesday afternoon. Image: Carlie Kollath Wells/Axios The last of Francine moved out of New Orleans early Thursday, and the sun is forecast to return in the afternoon.

With a 6-1 vote, the Jefferson Planning Advisory Board shocked the audience by recommending that the Jefferson Parish Council deny the plan to construct a brand new Ochsner Children's Hospital on Jefferson Highway.