Multiple structures, including an apartment complex, sustained extensive damage from the tornado and powerful storms.
At least one tornado and a powerful line of storms tore through the Deep South on Wednesday, causing „widespread and catastrophic“ damage in parts of Louisiana, local officials reported.
Slidell, a city of roughly 28,000 people and set about 30 miles from New Orleans, got walloped by the severe weather Wednesday morning, according to the Slidell Police Department (SPD).
Multiple structures, including an apartment complex, sustained extensive damage from the tornado and storms, with several getting destroyed. It was unclear as of 9 p.m. local time the extent of the destruction, due to debris and downed power lines blocking roadways, SPD Sergeant Jacob Morris told Newsweek in a phone interview.
Morris said that more than 50 people had to be rescued from the rubble of the apartment complex. He said only minor injuries had been reported and that the department had not received word of any deaths linked to the extreme weather.
Across the street from the apartments, he said, there was a contracting business with employees inside the building when it collapsed.
