“The gift of city fireworks was made possible by actor and producer Will Smith, along with his company Westbrook, who is in production on the feature film Emancipation here in New Orleans,” Cantrell said in the statement. “The City also wishes to acknowledge the support of the Riverfront Marketing Group for helping to make the event happen.”
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The annual fireworks show was canceled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and was going to be canceled again this year due to financial difficulties, according to the CBS News affiliate.
New Orleans’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness plans to set up an incident command post at the event with the city’s police, fire and medical services departments.
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Mayor - News - July 2021 - Go 4th On the River Fireworks Display to Be Staged Along Riverfront for Fourth of July on Sunday
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Tornado in New Orleans Rips Off Roofs, Knocks Out Power
A tornado ripped off roofs, knocked down utility poles and cut off power to thousands in New Orleans early on May 12, but no serious injuries were reported in what one city official called an unexpected “dry run” for the approaching hurricane season.
Wind and driving rain roared through parts of the Louisiana port city around 2 a.m., leaving damage in the Carrollton and Broadmoor neighborhoods of uptown New Orleans and across the Mississippi River in the Algiers Point area.
The National Weather Service had issued a warning of a possible tornado as the winds hit. Meteorologists confirmed at an afternoon news conference that they had studied the damage and confirmed it was caused by a tornado and not straight-line winds.