China News Service, March 23. According to Agence France-Presse, on the evening of the 22nd local time, a large tornado hit the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, killing at least one person.
On March 22, local time, a tornado hit St. Bernard Parish in New Orleans, Louisiana.
According to reports, the local office of the National Weather Service issued a tornado warning on social media in the evening: "There is a large tornado on the ground in New Orleans! Take shelter now!"
The St. Bernard Parish Sheriff's Office posted on social media that the "house was severely damaged" in Araby, an eastern suburb of New Orleans, and that rescue groups were working to rescue residents trapped in their homes.
Local officials told local television that at least one person was killed in Arabi.
Images broadcast on television and online showed houses destroyed and light poles, cables and debris strewn across the streets.
The tornado was caused by a series of storms that swept the southern U.S., with other damaging tornadoes spotted earlier in East Texas and possibly more to follow, the report said.
"Destructive gusts or tornadoes are still possible in the next few hours," the National Weather Service said on social media.