Tornado Strikes New Orleans, Extensive Damage

CNN reports:

Search and rescue teams were combing through debris and damaged neighborhoods in the New Orleans area overnight after a tornado slammed the region Tuesday. A tornado touched down in the Lower Ninth Ward and New Orleans East communities just before 8 p.m., New Orleans Mayor Latoya Cantrell said in a statement.

One person was killed in the hard-hit Arabi neighborhood, St. Bernard Parish President Guy McInnis told CNN.

“We have some homes that were leveled. We have homes that were lifted up and put back down on the street,” McInnis said of his community, which borders Orleans Parish, home to New Orleans’ iconic French Quarter. “The area that I’ve seen tonight, it’s totally devastated in a few of our neighborhoods,” McInnis told CNN’s Don Lemon.

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Officials say one person has been killed and multiple people injured from a tornado that hit the New Orleans area. https://t.co/gR6NxuZko7

— The Associated Press (@AP) March 23, 2022

Multi-vortex tornado crossing through the Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans East. ? Brad Cheramie #lawx @NWSNewOrleans @FOX8NOLA pic.twitter.com/0Y2SNcMb9c

— Zack Fradella (@ZackFradellaWx) March 23, 2022

Residents survey damage in the Arabi neighborhood of New Orleans after a tornado tore through parts of the city and its suburbs Tuesday night, leaving a trail of destruction and killing at least one person. https://t.co/1vpNx9ZrXz pic.twitter.com/4o3rt94OPT

— CBS News (@CBSNews) March 23, 2022

DEVELOPING: Funnel cloud spotted in Chalmette, Louisiana, amid reports of damaging tornado in the New Orleans area. https://t.co/8fELyv0mOw pic.twitter.com/XzvgCnK2Sd

— ABC News (@ABC) March 23, 2022

WATCH: Video shows large tornado ravaging through New Orleans, destroying homes and causing injuries pic.twitter.com/MeblX9UJwS

— BNO News (@BNONews) March 23, 2022