Tornadoes appearing as part of a line of severe weather starting in Texas and Oklahoma and moving into the Deep South, touched down in New Orleans. The tornado appeared to start in a New Orleans suburb and then move east across the Mississippi River into the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans and parts of St. Bernard Parish before moving northeast. There was no immediate report of any injuries or damages.
It is rare that a tornado moves through the city.
Other cities were not so lucky.
One person was killed and more than two dozen were injured when tornadoes tore through parts of Texas and Oklahoma damaging a school, homes and businesses, before the storm system continued its destructive path Tuesday into Louisiana and Mississippi. High winds uprooted trees in Ridgeland, Mississippi, as a possible tornado passed the Jackson-area city Tuesday afternoon, but there were no immediate reports of any injuries or serious damage to buildings. Forecasters issued multiple tornado warnings for the state, and alerts spread into Alabama as the line of storms moved eastward. More than 90,000 homes and businesses were left without power from Texas to Mississippi. Homes and businesses in at least a dozen Texas counties were damaged, according to Storm Prediction Center reports.
– Ella Breedlove
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