The city of New Orleans was struck by a tornado Tuesday evening and live footage of the storm was shown on local television while other images were shared on social media by the city’s residents.
A tornado warning was issued for Northwestern St. Bernard and Orleans Parishes when at 7:32 p.m. the National Weather Service in Slidell reported a confirmed “large and extremely dangerous tornado” over Arabi, near Chalmette, moving at 45 mph.
A Large #Tornado has hit a highly populated area of #NewOrleans 9 ward.. multiple vortices showing on TV tower cams via @wdsu pic.twitter.com/cewWaQDtCF
— Mike Masco (@MikeMasco) March 23, 2022
WDSU-TV showed live footage of the tornado on the ground moving toward New Orleans East. The video showed transformers blowing in the Lower Ninth Ward as the twister stayed on the ground for an extended period of time.
