Louisiana sends National Guard to tornado disaster area
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Source: AP
By GERALD HERBERT and REBECCA SANTANA
ARABI, La. (AP) A tornado that menaced New Orleans flipped a schoolbus, ripped off rooftops and deposited a house with a family inside onto the middle of Prosperity Street. Two people were killed as the storm front blew across the South.
Other tornadoes spawned by the same storm system caused so much damage in Texas that the governor declared a disaster in 16 counties, and shredded buildings in Alabama, where torrential rainfall was recorded.
Multiple people were injured. The dead included a woman north of Dallas, Texas, and a person in St. Bernard Parish, next to New Orleans. Authorities didnt immediately describe how they were killed.
The city of New Orleans escaped significant damage, Mayor LaToya Cantrell tweeted late Tuesday, but tornadoes touched down in Arabi, just east of the city, and further east in Lacombe, across Lake Pontchartrain, the National Weather Service said.
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Tornado rips through New Orleans and its suburbs, killing 1
By GERALD HERBERT and REBECCA SANTANA
ARABI, La. (AP) A tornado tore through parts of New Orleans and its suburbs Tuesday night, flipping cars, ripping roofs off homes and killing at least one person in an area of Louisiana pummeled by Hurricane Katrina 17 years ago.
Other tornadoes spawned by the same storm system had hit parts of Texas and Oklahoma on Monday, killing a woman north of Dallas and causing multiple injuries and widespread damage, before moving eastward.
Parts of St. Bernard Parish, which borders New Orleans to the southeast, appeared to take the brunt of the weathers fury, and that is where the fatality occurred. St. Bernard Parish officials gave no details on how the person died; they said multiple other people were injured.
Rescue workers were searching through the suburban parish for more people in need of assistance, according to Sheriff Jimmy Pohlmann. St. Bernard Parish President Guy McInnis said the tornado caused widespread damage throughout the parish.
Christine Wiecek, left, and her husband Robert Patchus, second left, talk to neighbors amongst debris of their damaged homes after a tornado struck the area in Arabi, La., Tuesday, March 22, 2022. A tornado tore through parts of New Orleans and its suburbs Tuesday night, ripping down power lines and scattering debris in a part of the city that had been heavily damaged by Hurricane Katrina 17 years ago. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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dalton99a
(81,073 posts)Lars39
(26,093 posts)Id like to explore that map a bit more if possible.
Yonnie3
(17,376 posts)I see very similar graphics, but no maps to explore.
Spatial trends in United States tornado frequency (2018)
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41612-018-0048-2
Lars39
(26,093 posts)BadgerKid
(4,541 posts)Tupelo, and Memphis have seemed to come up a bit more in recent years.
Paladin
(28,204 posts)I had friends in the Austin area who suffered property damage from a tornado.
colorado_ufo
(5,717 posts)being below sea level and the water table. More are raised above ground. There is little chance to take shelter from a sudden tornado.