At least 3 dead and multiple injured as tornadoes wreak havoc across Louisiana and the Southeast
Source: CNN
By Amir Vera, Joe Sutton and Jason Hanna, CNN
Updated 6:24 AM EST, Thu December 15, 2022
At least three people have died and more than a dozen were left injured across Louisiana over the past 24 hours as severe weather moves across the South carving a path of destruction.
A tornado touched down in New Orleans around 4 p.m. CT Wednesday, the National Weather Service confirmed. A tornado debris signature was evident on radar and numerous power flashes were seen on tower cameras as the storm moved through the eastern portion of the city. Damage has been reported, but the extent is unclear at this time.
This is one of 3 tornado reports across the New Orleans metro in the last two hours. The weather service has not issued a report with details on the path of the tornado yet, but the hardest hit areas were from Gretna to Arabi in Louisiana.
Wednesday’s severe weather is “worse than Hurricane Ida,” Gretna Mayor Belinda Constant told CNN affiliate WDSU. The hurricane hit the area last year.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/14/us/nationwide-massive-storm-tornadoes-wednesday/index.html
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