A massive tornado ripped through the Lower Ninth Ward Tuesday evening, the National Weather Service New Orleans confirmed.
Video: A confirmed large tornado is on the ground in the Lower Ninth Ward and is moving East. You need to take shelter now.
>> https://t.co/PtQ7lopwKs pic.twitter.com/JlWl8QRCte — wdsu (@wdsu)
Possible track of the twister.
Shocking footage shows the tornado moving through the metro area.
Lower 9 tornado safe places now pic.twitter.com/ySxdBWKOYU
— Jay Gallé (@JayGalle)
LARGE tornado in New Orleans on @wdsu sky camera: pic.twitter.com/XqUyq2FwmF
— Trevor Birchett ⚡️ (@weathertrevor)
Videos of the damage have been posted on Twitter.
Damage from on the ground in the 9 pic.twitter.com/QENddKwYbT
— JD Carrere (@jdcarrere)
Really bad situation in Arabi Heights houses destroyed… #NOLA pic.twitter.com/b4r6fGqRVc
— Peter C. Cook (@petercook)
Insane pictures from the incident area.
From @reggieart on Insta. I didn't take this video. Here's a direct link to IG https://t.co/Fl8c7sVCLT #nola #tornado pic.twitter.com/lKWXelANh6
— Tim Ballisty (@IrishEagle)
More damage from New Orleans. 😭 pic.twitter.com/AF9n69TKwk
— Kaden M’s weather photography (@Weathergeek051)
Damage in Arabi.
— Chaudhary Parvez (@ChaudharyParvez)
The National Weather Service confirmed a 'large and extremely dangerous tornado located over Arabi, #Louisiana around 7:32 p.m.#tornado #ArabiHeights #destroyed #NewOrleans #NOLA #Storm #TornadoWatch #Lightning pic.twitter.com/w4HdPz8pwT
Damage in (9th) of new #Orleans..
— Chaudhary Parvez (@ChaudharyParvez)
The National Weather Service confirmed a 'large and extremely dangerous tornado located over Arabi, #Louisiana around 7:32 p.m.#tornado #ArabiHeights #destroyed #NewOrleans #NOLA #Storm #TornadoWatch #Lightning pic.twitter.com/73KtoJFaPj
Power outages are already being reported.
A view at Energy power outages show the track of the East New Orleans tornado. Some sporadic damage on the south shore of the River, and then larger outages in Arabi, then across the intracoastal into the Michoud area. pic.twitter.com/eaHmLzJf9D
— U.S. Tornadoes (@USTornadoes)
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