Large tornado hits New Orleans metro

[NihonTiger]

Happened within the last hour but this was a big one. Early reports are it hit the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans and Arabi, just south of there.





No reports on injuries or deaths but there's extensive damage across the area and no one is being allowed into St. Bernard Parish at the moment. Homes being reported gone in Arabi and that this happened at night is even worse.

 

[MasterYoshi]

Feels like all varieties of extreme weather events have been really ramping up.

My thoughts are with all of those affected.

 

[Deleted member 26039]

Jesus fucking Christ that is terrifying.

 

[scottbeowulf]

Damn, is this the same band that hit Houston at around 6-7am? Was hailing while I took a shower this morning. Hope everyone is ok in LA.

 

[Jarrod38]

Come on people go for shelter instead of filming

 

[mbpm]

This shit is scary. I hope the people filming are very fast on their feet if the twister swings their way

 

[OtterX]

That video is insane. Hope no one is hurt.

 

[NihonTiger]

Damn, is this the same band that hit Houston at around 6-7am? Was hailing while I took a shower this morning. Hope everyone is ok in LA.

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Tail end of the same storm system, yeah. An outbreak of severe weather has been forecasted today for parts of Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana. Took a long while for things to fire up but they eventually did. There have been several tornadoes spotted throughout the day further north and east of New Orleans.

 

[BFIB]

Used to seeing these in fields, not ripping through a major city.

 

[Greyline108]

Have some family in Arabi, just checked in with them. Fortunately they're ok.

 

[scottbeowulf]

Oh shit just turned in the TV news to see if they were reporting on it and the video they showed looked bad. Flipped cars and lots of downed trees. It's dark so gonna be tough to get a good assessment.

 

[antonz]

meteorologist based on early data tweeted a map of where it likely traveled and when. Scary stuff to happen in such a metropolitan area

 

[RightChandMan]

Hit east of us. We are ok. No damage in my area.

 

[Slayven]

A lot of freaky weather in the south the last week or so

 

[wafflebrain]

Jesus, never seen a tornado go through a metro area like this before:

 

[NihonTiger]

meteorologist based on early data tweeted a map of where it likely traveled and when. Scary stuff to happen in such a metropolitan area

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Yeah, that's a good thread with a good preliminary assessment.

Some early damage reporting from Arabi:

 

[Nida]

Did they gentrify the lower 9th ward after Katrina? Either way, that area seems to get hit the hardest by everything.

I know they were working to rebuild but I feel like some projects were abandoned.

 

[NihonTiger]

Jesus, never seen a tornado go through a metro area like this before:

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I have. It's never good when it does. I'm pretty worried given that there's probably little on the way if underground shelters in a part of the country at or below sea level already.

 

[makingmusic476]

I have a dumbass friend that lives right near Arabi. I texted him to see if he was alright, and he was like "yeah, why? lol"

Bro, pay attention.

My SO is from tornado alley and she started getting very concerned when the sky started flashing green. Tornados are *not* common here (though they've become increasingly common over the past several years). Locals don't really know what to do.