New Orleans multi-vortex tornado rated 'at least' EF3, strongest since 2017
Earlier DU thread: Large tornado causes major damage in New Orleans
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Source: Washington Post
New Orleans multi-vortex tornado rated ‘at least’ EF3, strongest since 2017
Depending on the final rating, it could the strongest on record to hit the city.
By Matthew Cappucci, Ian Livingston, Jacob Feuerstein and Jason Samenow
Today at 12:33 p.m. EDT|Updated today at 12:42 p.m. EDT
The deadly and destructive tornado that struck eastern New Orleans on Tuesday night was rated “at least” EF3 on the 0 to 5 Enhanced Fujita scale for tornado intensity, the National Weather Service reported Wednesday. At that rating, it is the strongest tornado to strike the area since 2017.
The Weather Service office in New Orleans was surveying the damage from the tornado Wednesday and wrote that the EF3 rating is preliminary.
“A final assessment including results of the entire survey [is] expected to be completed and transmitted via a public information statement in the next day or two,” a Weather Service statement said.
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The EF3 damage was found near Arabi in St. Bernard Parish, La., which was hardest hit by the twister. Numerous houses were flattened, and some were moved off their foundations, as the large tornado tore through the area.
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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2022/03/23/new-orleans-tornado-multivortex-rating/
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