A deadly tornado tore through homes and knocked out power in the New Orleans area on Tuesday night, killing one person and injuring multiple others, authorities said. The twister was one of more than 60 tornadoes reported in five southeastern states in two days, officials said.
A funnel cloud caused damage in St. Bernard’s Parish, in the eastern part of New Orleans, including the Ninth Ward, Chalmette and Arabi areas. It hit at around 7:30 p.m. local time Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service.
One person was killed in Arabi, St. Bernard’s Parish president Guy McInnis told ABC News. “It’s pretty bad. We have about a two-mile stretch of where this tornado tore through our community,” McInnis said in an interview Wednesday on “Good Morning America.”
McInnis said that in addition to one death in Arabi, seven other people in the community were hospitalized with injuries. He called it a “miracle” that more people weren’t killed or injured given the swath of destruction.
“We have houses that were lifted up and now they sit in the middle of the street,” McInnis said. “We have, you know, houses in an area that are totally leveled.”
