Kenner AP Clay Center damaged from tornado in Tuesday's storms, mayor says Share Updated: 7:04 PM CDT May 18, 2021 WDSU Digital Team Share Updated: 7:04 PM CDT May 18, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript EYTH NOTEDIC THIS MORNING WHEN THEY CAME IN OTHER THAN SEEING THE WATER ON THE GROUND AND IT CAME IN HEREND A HE NOTICED THE CEILING COLLAPSING IN. AND TONIGHT PEOPLERE A CLEANING UP AFTER SEVERE WEATHER CAUSE CATASTROICPH DAMAGE IN OUR AREA WDSU’S AUBREY KILLIAN SPOKE TO PEOPLE WHO ARE DEALING WITH DAMAGE IN TWO SEPARATE PLACES KENNER. AND SAINT BERNARD PARISH AN AUBREY, CAN YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT IT REPORTS OF A TORNADO TOUCHING DOWN AT A COMMUNITY CENTER IN NNKEER? HEYINA, G SO THIS ALL HAPPENED RIGHT HERE AT THE AP CLAY CENTER BUILDING IN KENNER. I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOME OF THIS INCREDIBLE DAMAGE. LET’S KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH THIS AND TAKE A LOOK. IT IS VERY EXTENSIVE OUT HERE. SO THIS IS A SPOT FOR LOCAL KIDS TO LEARN IT BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS GET THIS 75 KIDS BETWEEN THE AGES OF THREE AND FIVE YEARS OLD. THEY WERE SET TO GRADUATE RIGHT HERE THIS MORNING, SO IT COULD HAVE BEEN RYVE TRAFFIC AT THIS BUILDING WAS PACKED WITH KIDS. STILL GOT THE WATER DAMAGE KENNER EMERGENCY CREWS WALKED US THROUGH THE AP CYLA CENTER AFTER A TORNADO RIPPED THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. IT’S PRETTY BAD TOTAL LOSS THE ROOF EVERYINTHG UP THERE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. NO TELLING HOW MUCH DAMAGE ON THE INSIDE WE COMPUTERS EQUIPMENT CLASSROOM EQUIPMENT DESK, YOU KNOW, IT’S IT’S A LOT MAYOR BENZON SAYS IT IS A MIRACLE THAT THE TORDONA HIT WHEN NOBODY WAS INSIDE. THANK GOD, THERE’S NO THERE’S NOBODY INSIDE. NO KIDS. NO ADMINISTRATION WAS INSIDE GRADUATION PLAN FOR THIS MORNING THAT DIDN’T HAPPEN OBVIOUSLY. SO, YOU KNOW, IT’S ALWAYS BAD TO LOOK AT THINGS LIKE THIS IN THE BIG SCHEME OF THINGS. NOBODY WAS HERE. NOBODY GOT HURT. DOWN IN VIOLET AND SAINT BERNARD PARISH, THE THING AIN’T HE IN THE MOVE DEAL. BORTON SAYS CARPORT BLEW AWAY AND LANDED ACROSS THE STRTEE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WAS LIKE A BIG BOOM LIKE WOW, ONE HOMEOWNER HAD PART OF THEIR CHIEYMN BWNLO OFF MANY OF HIS NEIGHBORS ALSO SAW DAMAGE AND ARE WAITING TO E IF A TORNADO HIT THEIR AREA. SO THE GAZEBAS USULYAL ON THE CEMENT IT WENT. EROV THE RAILING AND THE SUN SHADE TOP OF ITS IN THE POOL THE WORST TO MY HOUSES JU IST THE FENCE DOWN OVER. THERE AND THAT’S IT ON OUR HOUSE. AND THEN EVERYTHING ON THE BACK PATIO IS KIND OF BLOWN AROUND. BACK IN KENNER, THEY’RE FOCUSING ON REBUILDING AND WHAT MAKES IT EVEN HARDER IS THEY JUST REMODEL THE FACILITY FOUR MONTHS AGO. IT LOOKED PRETTY GOOD AND UP UNTIL THIS. IT’S A SHAME. WE HAD SO MANY JUST HAPPENING. AND MAYOR’S ON ALSO SAYS THEY ARE WORKING ON A PLAN TO MAKE SURE ALL OF THE KIDS THAT WERE SET TO GRADUATE HERE WILL HAVE A GRADUATION AGAIN IN SOME FORM, TBU THEY ARE WORKING ON RESCHEDULING THAT BUT OF COURSE A LOTS TO CLEAN UP RIGHT HERE IN KENNER REPORTING LIV