Deadly storms bring floods and damaging winds to states across the South
People in New Orleans and its suburbs were sloshing through flooded streets as a storm system ripped through the South.
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People in New Orleans and its suburbs were sloshing through flooded streets as a storm system ripped through the South.
A tornado in Slidell, Louisiana demolished buildings, while severe storms flooded New Orleans and killed at least 1 person in Mississippi.
"I've never talked to God so much before in my life," Robin Marquez said after huddling with coworkers in a two-story building that was heavily damaged.
SLIDELL, La. -- Severe storms blamed for a death in Mississippi spawned a tornado that demolished buildings in one Louisiana city Wednesday while inundating streets in low-lying New Orleans with hours of steady rain that snarled traffic and strained the city's antiquated drainage system.
Severe weather stretched across much of the Gulf South with reports of damage from Texas to the Florida panhandle.