Facebook / sam.girault
The great state of Louisiana and proud city of New Orleans are in shock today after a completely devastating set of supercell tornadoes blew through the region. Power is out all throughout New Orleans. Homes, cars, and lives were destroyed in a matter of instants.
WDSU, a local news station, was reporting this storm cell as something you’d expect to see on in Tornado Alley on the plains of Oklahoma, and not something a meteorologist would ever expect to see moving through New Orleans, Louisiana.
Pictures and videos of the devastating storms have been shared on Twitter as evidence of damage emerges. There are reports of people trapped underneath debris. Highways and roads throughout the region are being closed as rescue workers are scrambling to make heads or tails of the damage and get to those citizens in need:
https://twitter.com/mgsledge/status/829027381557997570
Video taken from New Orleans East hospital around 11:00 am today. Video owned by Sam Girault. pic.twitter.com/SrTrWocMXi
— WWL-TV (@WWLTV) February 7, 2017
Photo via @HeathAllenWDSU in Madionsoville of reported tornado.
Viewer pics: https://t.co/B7r6NRS9iu
LIVE coverage https://t.co/akTv2Shxp6 pic.twitter.com/8o4YaH61YO— wdsu (@wdsu) February 7, 2017
Tornado damage in Donaldsonville @WVLALocal33 @wgmbfox44 pic.twitter.com/66ieVFeWxP
— Justin Campbell (@Jcampbellnews) February 7, 2017
https://twitter.com/mgsledge/status/829028785739661312
We're getting inside for safety right now. Tornado came through Redwood St. earlier. The home were in already had blown out windows. @wdsu pic.twitter.com/tS8JUxueJW
— Casey Ferrand Media Pro (@CaseyFerrandNO) February 7, 2017
"This is normally what you see on the Great Plains, not southeast Louisiana," the @WDSU meteorologist says https://t.co/emPnUtffZW pic.twitter.com/inNKQ4Jied
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) February 7, 2017
Viewer photos from tornadic storms across southeast Louisiana https://t.co/FEivM6rAEM pic.twitter.com/zmYuLGe8Jf
— wdsu (@wdsu) February 7, 2017
Breaking: Man and NOFD rescue puppies from tornado damaged home in #Nola East. @wdsu pic.twitter.com/IFpdZ5xDp6
— Travers Mackel (@TraversWDSU) February 7, 2017
Additional severe weather moving thru area. Our crews are assessing damage and will restore power as soon as it is safe. #safetyfirst pic.twitter.com/3oPKxljJeI
— Entergy New Orleans (@EntergyNOLA) February 7, 2017
Tornado damage at Chef and Bullard Ave. in New Orleans East @wdsu #tornado #damage pic.twitter.com/14TuXshYD9
— Casey Ferrand Media Pro (@CaseyFerrandNO) February 7, 2017
Breaking: Massive tornado damage in #Nola East. Cars on homes, destruction worst since Hurricane Katrina here. @wdsu @MSNBC pic.twitter.com/sd19lUofdR
— Travers Mackel (@TraversWDSU) February 7, 2017
More tornado damage in New Orleans East. Credit WDSU. pic.twitter.com/Dufp0yVQVl
— Rich Thomas (@RichThomasWX) February 7, 2017
https://twitter.com/seweatherintel/status/829046594368630784
https://twitter.com/accu_luis/status/829046526856949760
The extent of the supercell tornado damage isn’t yet known. I can’t even begin to imagine what some Louisiana citizens are going through right now. I’ll continue to update this article as more details emerge.