Tornado strikes New Orleans; videos capture scope, destruction

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March 23, 2022 at 2:04 a.m. UTC

By Kelli Dugan, Cox Media Group National Content Desk

NEW ORLEANS — A powerful tornado touched down in New Orleans just before 9 p.m. EDT Tuesday, one night after an outbreak killed one and injured dozens across Texas and Oklahoma.

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Social media users and local news outlets flooded Twitter with live feeds of the storm hovering above the Louisiana port city and its suburbs:

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