(Photo by Max Becherer, NOLA.com, The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate), A man photographs part a nearby church roof hanging on power lines at Opelousas Ave. and Verret St. after severe weather and a suspected tornado knocked out power and ravaged the area in New Orleans, La. No injuries or deaths have been reported as of Wednesday evening. Market data provided by Factset. About 4,000 homes and businesses were without power as of 1 p.m., according to Entergy. Copyright 2021 WVUE. Approximately 8,000 residents were left without power following the dangerous windstorms, she added. A tornado ripped through New Orleans in the early hours of Wednesday morning with winds up to 85 mph, tearing off roofs and knocking down utility lines along the way. The howling winds whip rain in every direction and the intensity picks up towards the end of the 90-second clip. Wells Fellow with Type Investigations at Type Media Center. "My prayers are with you in Southeast Louisiana tonight. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, A tornado tore through parts of New Orleans and its suburbs Tuesday night, flipping cars, ripping roofs off homes and killing at least one person in a region that was pummeled by . (Staff photo by David Grunfeld, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate). Carlie Kollath Wells is a morning reporter at NOLA.com and The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate. "Stay away from downed wires & equipment as crews work to safely & quickly restore power," the utility company said in a statement. The National Weather Service gave an update at 11 a.m. Wednesday about the damage. A 12-16 foot surge is expected to go up Barataria Bay as the core of Ida moves over Port Fourchon and then into Terrebonne Parish. Some homes were also damaged. NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - An EF0 tornado within a severe storm passed through the New Orleans Uptown/Carrollton area and Algiers on May 12, according to the National Weather Service. "Frankly, were very lucky that the impact on human life was what it was, which was very little," Green said at a news conference Wednesday. He added that tornadoes are not "uncommon" in the spring when there is frequently severe weather. (Sponsored by New Orleans & Company) NR News and . One such tornado in March 2022 struck near New Orleans, hitting Arabi, Louisiana, with 160-mph winds. were still assessing damage into Tuesday night. If the team determines it was a tornado, they also will determine its path and how strong it was. All rights reserved. Legal Statement. A tornado ripped through the New Orleans metro. Deadly New Orleans area tornado given preliminary EF3 rating See a spelling or grammar error in our story? Bobbi-Jeanne Misick is the justice, race and equity reporter for the Gulf States Newsroom, a collaboration between NPR, WWNO in New Orleans, WBHM in Birmingham, Alabama and MPB-Mississippi Public Broadcasting in Jackson. Drivers are urged to use caution when driving and to treat intersections as four-way stops if traffic signals are not operating properly.
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