{"id":1396827,"date":"2022-03-23T16:44:46","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T20:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1396827"},"modified":"2022-03-23T16:44:49","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T20:44:49","slug":"deadly-tornado-barrels-through-new-orleans-metro-area-1-dead-multiple-injuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/deadly-tornado-barrels-through-new-orleans-metro-area-1-dead-multiple-injuries\/","title":{"rendered":"Deadly Tornado Barrels Through New Orleans Metro Area &#8212; 1 Dead, Multiple Injuries"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdeadly-tornado-barrels-through-new-orleans-metro-area-1-dead-multiple-injuries%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1396827&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">At least one person was killed when a tornado wreaked havoc on the greater New Orleans metro area Tuesday, causing substantial damage just east of the city in Arabi.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WATCH: Video shows large tornado ravaging through New Orleans, destroying homes and causing injuries <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MeblX9UJwS\">pic.twitter.com\/MeblX9UJwS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BNO News (@BNONews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BNONews\/status\/1506449618267254785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 23, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The twister \u201ctouched down this evening in the Lower Ninth Ward and New Orleans East communities\u201d just before 8:00 p.m., New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell (D) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mayorcantrell\/status\/1506465144041349124\">said<\/a> in a tweet Tuesday. It walloped Arabi in Saint Bernard Parish, which neighbors New Orleans Lower Ninth Ward, NOLA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nola.com\/news\/article_14e38626-aa4a-11ec-88e0-93473eebae79.html\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">More video of New Orleans area tornado. This was taken from Chalmette as tornado moved through Arabi. Now have one confirmed death in Ararbi. <\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcf8: Brenda Light <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/x6HQLhAi7Y\">pic.twitter.com\/x6HQLhAi7Y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Payton Malone WWL-TV (@paytonmalonewx) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/paytonmalonewx\/status\/1506465842111959041?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 23, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>The national weather service <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NWSNewOrleans\/status\/1506662371368001543\">said<\/a> the tornado caused \u201cat least EF3 damage,\u201d meaning it was \u201csevere\u201d and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.weather.gov\/tae\/ef_scale\">brought<\/a> strong winds between 136-165 MPH.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CbbU0mEO7pf\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NOHSEP Director Collin Arnold and St Bernard Parish Director of Homeland Security John Rahaim are out this morning with the National Weather Service, assessing the damage from last night\u2019s tornado. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lX88TFk2wz\">pic.twitter.com\/lX88TFk2wz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NOLA Ready (@nolaready) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nolaready\/status\/1506642937396047881?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 23, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Saint Bernard Parish President Guy McInnis said at least one person was killed in Arabi, but he did not delve into further details, according to NOLA. McInnis also said the natural disaster left some individuals trapped in their homes\u2019 bathrooms.<\/p>\n<p>St. Bernard Parish Sheriff Jimmy Pohlmann said multiple people sustained injuries during the storm, with some of the injured being taken to area hospitals, NOLA reported.<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/tornadoes-storms-new-orleans-hurricanes-weather-1b01d30a0719a44489b159cd6ba92a45\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Louisiana activated 300 National Guard personnel to clear roads and provide security and engineering support. They joined firefighters and others searching multiple structures to make sure no one had been left behind, said John Rahaim Jr., the parish\u2019s homeland security director.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Michelle\u00a0Malasovich of Arabi told the AP that her husband spotted the tornado coming from their front porch. She noted her lights suddenly began to flicker as she was texting relatives.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span> \u201cIt just kept getting louder and louder,\u201d Malasovich said. She added that columns were missing from their porch and the windows to her Jeep were shattered when they assessed damage after the storm passed. She pointed out that her neighbors\u2019 home ended up \u201cin the middle of the street.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Malasovich\u2019s neighbors\u00a0\u2014 a couple and their daughter, who is on a ventilator \u2014 were inside of their home when the tornado picked it up and dropped it in the street, neighbors, and officials told the AP.<\/p>\n<p>McInnis told the outlet:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span>We had one rescue \u2014 a home that was actually picked up and came down in the middle of the street. A young girl was on a ventilator, her father was looking for firefighters to come help, come help. And they were already in there taking care of the young lady and she\u2019s doing fine.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Arabi, LA | We spoke to a local resident last night, Dawn, who was in shock as this tornado tore through her neighborhood, she said she\u2019s just grateful to be alive. These daylight images are humbling. Thinking about everyone impacted by these tornadoes. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qQHfdROZRg\">pic.twitter.com\/qQHfdROZRg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alana Cameron (@alanacameronwx) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alanacameronwx\/status\/1506652468423274501?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 23, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>On Wednesday, the National Weather Service <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NWSNewOrleans\/status\/1506650777342951424\">said<\/a> preliminary information indicated an EF1 tornado also touched down in Lacombe, north of New Orleans, across Lake\u00a0<\/span><span>Pontchartrain. EF1 tornadoes bring winds between 86-110 MPH and are described as moderate, per the National Weather Service.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The tornadoes were the product of a storm that had previously tracked through Texas and caused a series of tornadoes along Interstate 35 on Monday, prompting Gov. Greg Abbott (R) to declare a disaster in 16 of his state\u2019s counties, the AP noted. Accuweather <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accuweather.com\/en\/severe-weather\/deadly-new-orleans-area-tornado-given-preliminary-ef3-rating\/1161023\">said<\/a> the weather killed at least one person in Texas while injuring two dozen more.<\/p>\n<p>Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/local\/2022\/03\/22\/watch-tornado-spins-pickup-truck-around-on-roadway-in-texas\/\">reported<\/a> on one shocking video showing a tornado spinning a pickup in circles in Elgin, Texas.<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p><span>\u201cThe storms didn\u2019t let up Tuesday as they moved deeper into Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama,\u201d Accuweather reported. \u201c<\/span><span>At one point, nearly 100,000 customers across Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas were without power on Tuesday, according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/poweroutage.us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PowerOutage.US<\/a>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least one person was killed when a tornado wreaked havoc on the greater New Orleans metro area Tuesday, causing substantial damage just east of the city in Arabi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1396827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1396827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1396827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1396827\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1396827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1396827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1396827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}