A large tornado touched down in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans as well as Arabi in St. Bernard Parish on Wednesday evening. The tornado was caught on sister station WDSU’s Tower Camera live on air. Watch the video of the tornado in the video player above. This comes just nine months after the same areas were destroyed by an EF3 tornado on March 22. The St. Bernard Parish sheriff is reporting major damage in Arabi. The video below shows WDSU’s chief meteorologist Margaret Orr reacting to seeing the tornado during live coverage.Several parishes in the New Orleans metro area were struck by devastating tornadoes Wednesday.The first tornado touched down in Killona in St. Charles Parish. A woman has been pronounced dead from the tornado. At least seven others were also injured. Widespread damage to homes and powerlines has also been reported in Killona.The tornadoes in the south come as a massive storm system moves across the U.S. To the north, the storm system delivered blizzard-like conditions to the Great Plains and was expected to push more snow and ice into Appalachia and New England. The wintery blast dumped more than 2 feet of snow in parts of South Dakota.Wednesday’s forecast called for more severe storms with additional tornadoes expected across an area of the Gulf Coast region populated by nearly 3 million people from New Orleans to Mobile, Alabama. More damaging weather also was possible in the Florida panhandle. Forecasters expect the storm system to hobble the upper Midwest with ice, rain and snow for days, as well as move into the central Appalachians and Northeast. The National Weather Service issued a winter storm watch from Wednesday night through Friday afternoon, depending on the timing of the storm. Residents from West Virginia to Vermont were told to watch for a possible significant mix of snow, ice and sleet. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
A large tornado touched down in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans as well as Arabi in St. Bernard Parish on Wednesday evening.
The tornado was caught on sister station WDSU’s Tower Camera live on air.
Watch the video of the tornado in the video player above.
This comes just nine months after the same areas were destroyed by an EF3 tornado on March 22.
The St. Bernard Parish sheriff is reporting major damage in Arabi.
The video below shows WDSU’s chief meteorologist Margaret Orr reacting to seeing the tornado during live coverage.
Several parishes in the New Orleans metro area were struck by devastating tornadoes Wednesday.
The first tornado touched down in Killona in St. Charles Parish. A woman has been pronounced dead from the tornado. At least seven others were also injured. Widespread damage to homes and powerlines has also been reported in Killona.
The tornadoes in the south come as a massive storm system moves across the U.S.
To the north, the storm system delivered blizzard-like conditions to the Great Plains and was expected to push more snow and ice into Appalachia and New England. The wintery blast dumped more than 2 feet of snow in parts of South Dakota.
Wednesday’s forecast called for more severe storms with additional tornadoes expected across an area of the Gulf Coast region populated by nearly 3 million people from New Orleans to Mobile, Alabama. More damaging weather also was possible in the Florida panhandle.
Forecasters expect the storm system to hobble the upper Midwest with ice, rain and snow for days, as well as move into the central Appalachians and Northeast. The National Weather Service issued a winter storm watch from Wednesday night through Friday afternoon, depending on the timing of the storm. Residents from West Virginia to Vermont were told to watch for a possible significant mix of snow, ice and sleet.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
