NEW ORLEANS — A powerful tornado touched down in New Orleans just before 9 p.m. EDT Tuesday, one night after an outbreak killed one and injured dozens across Texas and Oklahoma.
Social media users and local news outlets flooded Twitter with live feeds of the storm hovering above the Louisiana port city and its suburbs:
Really bad situation in Arabi Heights houses destroyed… #NOLA pic.twitter.com/b4r6fGqRVc
— Peter C. Cook (@petercook) March 23, 2022
Here’s a first look at some of the damages in Arabi, Louisiana after a tornado ripped through homes in the evening. @FOX8NOLA pic.twitter.com/5FNlDKgxcd
— Andrés Fuentes (@news_fuentes) March 23, 2022
BREAKING: New Orleans Fire Department requesting major EMS response following large tornado. Reports of injuries and people trapped. Damage significant in parts of Arabi and Lower Ninth Ward. @weatherchannel
— Scot Pilié (@ScotPilie_Wx) March 23, 2022
A major #tornado just hit the 9th Ward in #NOLA, producing a heart-sinking "debris ball" on radar.
— Matthew Cappucci (@MatthewCappucci) March 23, 2022
That's stuff tossed high into the atmosphere.
Right now I'm thinking worst damage may have been near/just north of North Claiborne St. toward Veiola Water North America. pic.twitter.com/LtEJnZRRdH
The horizontal vortex is commensurate with a significant/EF2+ tornado. This is a life-threatening situation in New Orleans. #NOLA #tornado https://t.co/lwAHlRkia4
— Matthew Cappucci (@MatthewCappucci) March 23, 2022
A SIGNIFICANT #TORNADO is moving through #Nola New Orleans!
— Matthew Cappucci (@MatthewCappucci) March 23, 2022
NEXT IN LINE:
- Interstate 510
- Chef Menteur Highway
- Lake Forest Boulevard
- Six Flags New Orleans
- Michoud Boulevard
- Sanders Electric and Construction
- Toyota of New Orleans
Shelter NOW. pic.twitter.com/Q6Qg3bw4YT
Scary scenes out of downtown New Orleans (NOT HERE) of a confirmed tornado on the ground near the lower ninth ward.
— Bree Sunshine Smith (@NC5_BreeSmith) March 23, 2022
Massive wedge tornado on their- praying for folks in NOLA. Watching my mentor @MargaretOrr on @wdsu as she works hard to keep folks safe. pic.twitter.com/Xi9t6nRwZy
Not good at all. Confirmed tornado on the ground doing serious damage in eastern New Orleans. #LAwx #NOLA pic.twitter.com/Up6hFKvLdP
— Craig Ceecee (@CC_StormWatch) March 23, 2022
This is video of the tornado passing through the eastern suburbs of NOLA tonight. https://t.co/0Mhn4ALEin
— Adam Olivier (@adamolivierwx) March 23, 2022
Large tornado on the ground in New Orleans! Take shelter now! #lawx #mswx https://t.co/6CJcfdQNJ8
— NWS New Orleans (@NWSNewOrleans) March 23, 2022
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