NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – Two tornadoes touched down in the Fox 8 viewing area on Tuesday morning, according to the National Weather Service. The National Weather Service says one tornado caused damage in Jefferson Parish near the New Orleans International Airport. The preliminary rating of the tornado is an EF0. The NWS reports a few…
A damaging tornado struck New Orleans early Wednesday morning
The National Weather Service confirmed an EF0 tornado caused damage in New Orleans overnight Tuesday as severe thunderstorms blew through the area and produced flooding. Power poles were toppled and tree damage was reported, with the storms knocking out power to as many as 10,000 people for a time. The Weather Service was out surveying…
Tornado in Louisiana that threw mobile home into road, killed 1 person was EF-3 with 150 mph winds
One of the tornadoes that ripped through Louisiana Sunday night packed a punch in Acadia Parish, according to forecasters. The National Weather Service (NWS) office in Lake Charles said Monday night the tornado that left a trail of destruction was an EF-3 tornado with winds of 150 mph. The twister touched down around 8:34 p.m.…
Tornadoes, floods leave at least 6 dead in Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana
Severe storms continued to roar across the Deep South on Thursday after floods and apparent tornadoes hit part of Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana a day earlier, killing at least 6 people and leaving thousands without power. In southern Oklahoma, a trailer worker’s body was found a quarter mile from the factory where he worked after…
Tornadoes, Storms Kill 7 Across 3 States As Dangerous Weather Moves Across South Today
A system producing severe storms continued to move across the South on Thursday after tornadoes killed at least five people and injured dozens more in Texas and Oklahoma on Wednesday. Storms in Louisiana killed at least two people. Tornado warnings have already been issued for parts of Mississippi and Alabama Thursday morning. More than 164,000…
Easter Tornadoes Kill At Least 6, Cause Damage In Several Southern States
Severe storms swept across much of the Southeast on Sunday, spawning a series of tornadoes that killed at least six people in Mississippi and caused damage in parts of northern Louisiana and Alabama. The tornadoes were part of a band of severe weather from the Mississippi River to the East Coast, according to the National…
Tornadoes rip through the South, leaving at least 16 dead
At least 16 people were killed after tornadoes began ripping through the South on Easter, destroying homes and storefronts and leaving over 1 million people without power from an intense storm system now headed towards the Mid-Atlantic. Tornadoes and severe weather hit Central Texas early Sunday, bringing “gigantic” hail and damage, and then traveled east…
Deadly tornadoes batter southern US states
At least 13 people have died after storms triggered tornadoes and flooding across several southern US states. Tornadoes ripped through Louisiana, Texas and Mississippi on Sunday, while severe storms also hit parts of Alabama and Georgia on Monday. More than 900,000 households were without power on Monday morning local time. The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency…
2-day severe weather outbreak leaves widespread destruction across southern US
Intense winds, flooding downpours and tornadoes left behind a trail of destruction as the first severe weather outbreak of 2020 roared through the southern United States. From Friday morning to Saturday night, the storms turned deadly and left a long recovery process in its wake. During the two-day span, a total of over 650 wind…
11 dead as tornadoes, heavy rain, wicked winds lash southern US, Midwest
A two-day pounding of severe weather across portions of the southern U.S. and into the Midwest left 11 people dead, prompting two governors to declare states of emergency as tornadoes, heavy rainfall and high winds ravaged the region. Two first responders in Lubbock, Texas, were among the fatalities, killed when they were hit by a…