Tornadoes Strike New Orleans, Leaving One Person Dead
Two tornadoes that hit New Orleans have caused severe damage and left one person dead.
The first tornado struck the Lower Ninth Ward and the New Orleans East community at approximately 8 p.m. on March 22. A second tornado touched down in Lacombe in St. Tammany Parish, the National Weather Service reports.
According to The Washington Post, John Lane, a spokesman for St. Bernard Parish President Guy McInnis, said a 26-year-old man was found dead outside of his home Arabi, La., a suburb of New Orleans. The victim’s name has not been made public.
There were also multiple injuries, including a girl in a wheelchair, but the exact number is unknown at this time.
Houses have been leveled and businesses have been destroyed. Lane said he had not seen this type of damage in New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina in 2005
As of 10:00 a.m. Wednesday (March 23), nearly 4,000 homes were without power, according to PowerOutage.us.
An official from the National Weather Service, which determines a tornado's intensity and path, said they will send out survey teams to assess the damage this morning (March 23).
See video of one of the tornadoes below:
