![]() ![]() Nathan Wall has been to Kentucky to deliver generators, Poland to help Ukrainian refugees, and now in New Orleans to distribute 180 generators for St. Reports indicate the most significant and concentrated damage occurred in Arabi.īobcats and Earth movers were busy less than 12 hours after the storm ripping up the debris to try and get it out of the street to get residents and commerce moving again. Two tornadoes, one in New Orleans East and another in Lacombe, were confirmed by Doppler radar and number videos. Severe thunderstorms produced several swaths of damage about 7:30 p.m. Patricia Noote, a Louisiana resident, says the deadly tornado was worst than a hurricane. 'This is worst': Louisiana resident says deadly tornado is worst than hurricane ![]() And that’s when everything went."īut what Noote witnessed was something she said was worse than living through a hurricane. "It sounded like a freight train when it hit. "We had one come through one time, but it wasn’t as bad as this," Noote said. Patricia Noote has lived in Arabi for 22 years and has never seen anything like this. Many were feeling the same emotions as Potts as they were lost for words but found the strength to come out and begin the rebuilding process again. Whatever, it’s just stuff, just stuff we could replace," said Corky Potts as he became overwhelmed while examining his property in Arabi. "They were an inspiration to me, because I know if they could make it through that … this is nothing compared to Katrina," Gautreaux said.Īs the sun began to rise Wednesday, neighbors awoke to the reality that their homes and businesses once destroyed are now entirely uprooted. While she built her home after Katrina, her neighbors lost everything. She is used to tropical systems, like hurricanes, but this was her first tornado. FOX Weather multimedia journalist Robert Ray reports. 'Just like that, it was over': Deadly tornado ravishes Arabi, LA neighborhoods. 'Just like that, it was over': Deadly tornado ravishes Arabi, LA neighborhoods There was no train sound," Gautreaux said. I panicked and screamed to get in, and I couldn’t find my dog to get in the bathroom. "I looked out the side window and saw the big funnel in the sky. Residents have recovered as well as they could, and now this. NEW ORLEANS HIT BY SEVERAL TORNADOES OVER LAST 5 YEARS, BUT EF-3S ARE RARE The community was also still recovering from Hurricane Ida, a Category 4 storm that rolled through just west of Arabi seven months ago. Some spots were 10 to 20 feet underwater when the levees broke. Located about five miles southeast on the Mississippi River from New Orleans, the town of Arabi was devastated by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. "A lot of these people, just seven months ago, put new roofs on our houses, and some of them just bought new houses in this area." "There are some houses that are completely gone, completely destroyed, and business places that have been destroyed. Tornado damage and debris in the Arabi neighborhood of New Orleans on March 23, 2022, the morning after at least two tornadoes touched down in Louisiana. ![]()
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