New Orleans– A tornado blasted through New Orleans on Tuesday, killing at least one person, destroying homes and knocking down power lines, media reported, in another setback for an area that has yet to fully recover from last year’s Hurricane Ida, according to Reuters.
St. Bernard Parish President Guy McInnis told media at least one person was killed.
Tuesday’s tornado struck a day after twisters destroyed homes and injured people elsewhere in the region.
Power was reported out for more than 17,346 customers in Louisiana, 25,923 in Texas and more than 11,646 in Mississippi, according to the poweroutage.us website.
Some 8,000 customers in New Orleans had no electricity, utility provider Atmos Energy told NOLA.com.
The storm front brought heavy rain and powerful winds to Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. National Weather Service forecasters had earlier warned that some 5 million people in the region could see dangerous weather. “This is the typical time of the year for these events to unfold. Spring-time is prime for severe weather,” said Roger Erickson, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Lake Charles, Louisiana.
School districts across the region canceled classes and Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge closed its campus for the day.
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