Storm Hits New Orleans

The same area that was hit by Hurricane Katrina faces damage and destruction as a powerful storm hits early Tuesday morning. Reports suggest that is was a tornado that ripped through several towns killing one, injuring several others and demolishing buildings and structures along the way. Residents were trying to remain calm and began to pick up some of the pieces after the tragic storm.

The tornado ruined homes and businesses in South Louisiana. New Orleans was hit the worst, with trailers being flipped over and roofs ripped of buildings. Cars were swept away and have yet to be found. Trees were knocked into the streets making it difficult for ambulances and other emergency vehicles to safely and quickly get to where they were needed. As a result more than 20,000 people are now without power and schools and businesses have shut down for the day trying to clean up all the damage.

15 people have reportedly been injured from the quick moving storm and one 86-year-old woman from the Gentilly area has died. The condition of the victims is not known at this time but hopefully there will be no more tragedies as a result of this morning's storm. The amount of damage to properties, structures and vehicles is not yet known. Clean-up has begun as residents try to recover what they can and sift through the mess.

It is extremely devastating to residents who have begun to rebuild after Katrina destroyed their homes and major inconvenienced their lives. To see and experience destruction again is overwhelming for many who live there. While it wasn't known at first, weather specialists have indicated that this storm was likely that of a tornado.

Hurricane Katrina ripped through New Orleans in 2005 and was one the deadliest tropical storms in the US. At least 1,836 people lost their lives during Hurricane Katrina and in the subsequent floods that followed. Over 80 Billion dollars has been spend in relief and repair funds making it the most expensive natural disaster ever to have happened in the United States. Many residents of Louisianna and the gulf coast areas impacted by the tragic hurrican are still living with the effects of the life changing storm today.

Luckily, todays early morning tornado was over quickly and didn't leave near as big of a mark as the deady hurricane of the past. But it still hits too close to home, literally, for the southern population who are now unsure of what mother nature may bring their way.