New Orleans, surrounding areas, ravaged by tornado as severe weather moves into Deep South, 1 dead

A twister hit New Orleans and its close by suburbs Tuesday, destroying some houses and knocking out energy. 

At the least one individual was killed in Arabi, Louisiana, St. Bernard’s Parish President Man McInnis mentioned, based on FOX 8 in New Orleans. 

Native officers didn’t give particulars on how the individual died. 

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McInnis mentioned a number of others had been injured as rescuers looked for others in want of help. He mentioned the twister triggered widespread harm within the parish. 

“Now we have experiences of individuals [who] are trapped,” St. Bernard Parish Sheriff Jimmy Pohlmann mentioned, based on Nola.com. “We’re within the space doing assessments now.” 

A reported 16,000 individuals had been with out energy within the space Tuesday evening and outage tracker PowerOutage.US confirmed greater than 4,000 clients with out energy in Louisiana on Wednesday morning.

The Nationwide Climate Service retweeted a video of the twister within the jap a part of New Orleans that was seen within the darkened sky, urging residents to take shelter. 

“It got here quick, actual quick,” St. Bernard’s Parish resident Glenn Rocher instructed NOLA. “A number of sturdy wind, nearly just like the hurricane we simply had.”

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell tweeted late Tuesday that there have been no experiences of casualties or vital harm throughout the metropolis and that the facility utility was working to revive electrical energy there.

Whereas the metropolitan area is commonly struck by extreme climate and heavy rains, it is uncommon {that a} twister strikes via town.

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Twitter customers shared horrifying footage of the ominous twister seen towards the evening sky. (Warning: language)

Ominous photographs confirmed the aftermath of the twister after it had ripped via elements of the St. Bernard Parish, with residents standing, surrounded by the destruction.

Lots of the residents are nonetheless recovering from class 4 Hurricane Ida blew via the area final summer time. 

“I went to the lavatory might ten seconds tops,” Richie Majors of Arabi instructed FOX 8. “It wasn’t very lengthy. We come outdoors and it seems to be like Ukraine.”

The complete extent of the harm or attainable accidents stays unclear presently.

The twister was a part of a line of extreme climate that began in Texas and Oklahoma and moved into the Deep South. 

Different tornadoes that had been a part of the identical storm system killed a girl north of Dallas and triggered extra accidents. 

A overturned minivan sits atop branches and elements of homes in left within the wake of a twister that touched down in Louisiana on Tuesday, March 22, 2022.
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Texas Gov Greg Abbott declared a catastrophe for 16 counties. 

Bushes had been toppled within the metropolis of Elgin and colleges closed in elements of Louisiana and Mississippi. 

In Alabama’s Baldwin County, an obvious tornado ripped aside a steel constructing and torrential rain triggered flash floods. Greater than 8 inches of rain fell in Sylacauga in a single day. 

Roofs had been blown off homes in Arabi, Louisiana when a twister touched down Tuesday, March 22, 2022.
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It is a growing story. Verify again for updates. 

The Related Press contributed to this report.