A person is dead and eight others are injured after a huge tornado tore through parts of New Orleans on Wednesday.
Residents were asked to seek shelter immediately as the storm ripped homes apart after a weather warning.
“There is significant damage,” said St Charles Parish President Mathew Jewell, who declared a state of emergency.
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The deceased person in New Orleans has not been identified and Jewell did not have any details surrounding the circumstances of the death.
Four of the injured victims were taken to the hospital by ambulance, said Jewell.
The others arrived in private vehicles.
Search and rescue teams were going door-to-door in Killona, which has a number of mobile homes.
However, crews are having to navigate through downed power lines, blocked roads, and possible gas leaks, said parish officials.
“The tornado touched near Nelson Coleman Correctional Facility on the other side of [Louisiana highway] 3127 and then moved north across the river to Montz,” said Jewell.
Debris covered the roads while roofs appeared to be torn off businesses and homes.
Flooding in the French Quarter of New Orleans reached a resident’s front door, according to a social media post.
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Councilman Scott Walker of Jefferson Parish shared pictures showing damage along the WB expressway in Marrero.
“I see a long path leading up to Avenue D and the WB expressway. This is a lot,” he wrote.
St Bernard Parish President Guy McInnis told reporters that officials will complete an assessment tomorrow of how many homes were damaged.
McInnis added that no buildings were destroyed just mostly shingle damage and a few roofs were blown off.
Just nine months ago, the same area was destroyed by an EF-3 tornado on March 22.
Residents began sharing videos on social media of a large funnel cloud as heavy rain could be heard in the background.
The National Weather Service described the storm as a “particularly dangerous situation.”
Parts of Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi were under a tornado watch until Wednesday night.
Another tornado left a mother and son dead earlier in the day.
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Terrifying videos captured the tornado battering the town of Keithville, about 15 miles south of Shreveport, early Wednesday.
The storm killed a 30-year-old mother and her eight-year-old son after it destroyed their house.
The mother’s body was found under debris one street over from her home after she was initially considered missing, as reported by Fox News.
Her son’s body was found hours before in the woods of Pecan Farms, about half a mile away from the house, per the Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office.
Additionally, dozens of people were injured by Tuesday’s extreme weather, which covered regions from Oklahoma and the Dallas/Fort Worth area to Mississippi.
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