Large tornado causes major damage in New Orleans

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Source: CNN

(CNN)A large tornado battered parts of the New Orleans area on Tuesday night, with damage reported in Arabi and the Lower Ninth Ward.

St. Bernard Parish president Guy McInnis told CNN affiliate WDSU there was widespread, major damage in Arabi and emergency responders were conducting search and rescue efforts. McInnis said there were no immediate reports of injuries

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The National Weather Service reported the tornado moved through a portion of St. Bernard Parish and neighboring Orleans Parish. WDSU said the twister moved through the Lower Ninth Ward and many homes were in the dark.

According to PowerOutage.us, there were more than 10,000 customers without power in Orleans and St. Bernard Parish.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/22/weather/new-orleans-tornado-wxn/index.html

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1. New Orleans multi-vortex tornado rated 'at least' EF3, strongest since 2017

Source: Washington Post

New Orleans multi-vortex tornado rated ‘at least’ EF3, strongest since 2017

Depending on the final rating, it could the strongest on record to hit the city.

By Matthew Cappucci, Ian Livingston, Jacob Feuerstein and Jason Samenow
Today at 12:33 p.m. EDT|Updated today at 12:42 p.m. EDT

The deadly and destructive tornado that struck eastern New Orleans on Tuesday night was rated “at least” EF3 on the 0 to 5 Enhanced Fujita scale for tornado intensity, the National Weather Service reported Wednesday. At that rating, it is the strongest tornado to strike the area since 2017.

The Weather Service office in New Orleans was surveying the damage from the tornado Wednesday and wrote that the EF3 rating is preliminary.

“A final assessment including results of the entire survey [is] expected to be completed and transmitted via a public information statement in the next day or two,” a Weather Service statement said.

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The EF3 damage was found near Arabi in St. Bernard Parish, La., which was hardest hit by the twister. Numerous houses were flattened, and some were moved off their foundations, as the large tornado tore through the area.

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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2022/03/23/new-orleans-tornado-multivortex-rating/

Non-paywalled link: https://wapo.st/3tyg8O8

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2. My brother's best friends

Lost their brand-new home to this. They moved in 2 months ago. One was away on business and the other was crouched in the laundry room, lucky to be alive.