we have a lot of two story homes and businesses and residences in the old section of gretna. you can't assess the damage yet because of the darkness. >> mayor, what is your message to people tonight? >> our message is just, please, stay in. stay at home safely for those that do not have any damage. people kind of riding around, trying to do their own assessment is not safe at this time. we have gas leaks across the city that the fire company is dealing with and they're doing assessments relative to those type things. so it is critical that we just have people understand how important it is to stay at home. there is a shelter that has been set up and there is a local number, our emergency number for our residents has been televised so they know if they need assistance to please reach out to our emergency numbers so we can meet their needs as quickly as possible. and then tomorrow, it is about recovery. first thing in the morning. >> i appreciate your time tonight. our thoughts are certainly with you and the community and all of those impacted by these storms. we appreciate you

with this neighborhood in gretna, louisiana, the hardest hit. emergency crews still going door to door canvassing the area looking for anyone unaccounted. as it stands rate now, even though this extensive damage you can see behind me, everyone was accounted for and no loss of life. you can see the path that this tornado took coming down the street ripping through the neighbors' backyards. earlier i spoke to the neighbors. while they were expecting severe weather, they had no idea they were going to take april direct hit. they said it lasted between 10 and 15 seconds and was able to cause all of this damage. >> it was coming up the street. she she said -- >> that's what she saw? >> yes. >> she's all right then? >> i thought it was an explosion and then my mama told me to get down. >> what did you do? did you get down? did you listen to your mom? >> reporter: it wasn't lost on that little boy that we spoke to that this tornado hit and damaged his home right before christmas. he told us he hopes santa is still able to find his home to deliver him g

joining me right now is belinda constance, the may of gretna. mayor, thank you so much for being here. i really appreciate it. >> thank you. >> you said last night you saw catastrophic damage in the early moments after the tornado struck. now that the sun has come up and you're able to get a better looking what are seeing in terms of what has happened to your community? >> well, katie, unfortunately now that the sun is up, it is more devastating than initially expected. there are morehouses that will probably have to be condemned or -- or demolished bases on such damage, devastation across the entire city on the north side of our city. it is about a mile and a half stretch that is completely just inundated with destruction. you could see the line of destruction from the tornado as people described tornado as they move through an area. behind me is an example of the devastation that is left behind. this house is still standing unfortunately. it seems to be a structure that will have to be demolished. >> mayor, is everyone accounted for in your ci

one of these tornadoes actually started in gretna, one to parts of new orleans, jumped the river intot. bernard. it left destruction the whole way and across the mississippi river. >> and our their rescue operations going on, are you still trying to assess the damage? >> the sheriffs and all the rescue people are out trying to get powerlines off the streets, and would -- to shelter that have lost their homes are move into our state parks in those areas, so people have places to stay come like tomorrow, as they get back and clean up their home tonight. >> you have any sense of how many people may be without power tonight? >> right now, the latest estimates are over 40, 000, but that's because they've got power back on in some areas that lost it earlier, but this one went through all 64 parishes. 15 tornadoes at least have touched down, that's the latest report. in north louisiana all the way down to south louisiana, so it was widespread. >> do you think you are through the worst of it now? >> yes, it's past now. we were lucky this hurricane season, louisiana was spared. this storm did

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the mayor of gretna says up to 5000 buildings are likely damaged in her town glass break in it sounds like my roof was coming off. amanda dufresne and her two kids tried to take shelter in the bathroom as a tornado tour part their home in jefferson parish didn't even get to the bathroom yet. i just grab the kids, put them on the ground and got on top of him. he covers your kids when you covered my kids with my body and just pray that it wouldn't even pick me up for them won't look at that. four people were hospitalized when a tornado moved into new orleans is now under a tornado warning the rotation about five miles that way, just over the mississippi, but with all this rain, we won't see it coming and it's heading right for downtown. authorities say one person was killed in saint charles paris, raising the storm death toll in louisiana to three. it's just gonna be hard to accept, like that this is happening a week before christmas, at least 42 tornadoes have been reported across four states since tuesday . this sounded like captured the intense lightning over louisiana and mississipp

. >> reporter: a tornado touched down in the city of gretna, i toured the homes destroyed in the immediate aftermath. >> the noise it made it was unreal. >> i was looking out the window at first and i just got out the window. i was panicking, you know, and i just started saying my prayers. >> reporter: i spoke to some of the neighborhood's youngest about the experience. >> i thought it was an explosion, and then my mama told me to get down. >> reporter: another two tornados touched down in new ie beer ya causing damage to a medical center and damaging many homes. >> we had mobile homes flipped, houses destroyed, families torn apart. it's going to take a while before things are back to normal. >> reporter: lizzie taylor said she will now have to move. >> that tornado i thought we were safe from destroyed our house. destroyed everything. >> reporter: just to give you a sense of the extent of the damage, this used to be a church, the water is pouring down, roof partially torn off and the side of the building left in tatters. a lot of this community looks like this, block after block, homes in

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. >> reporter: but it was a tornado that did this damage in gretna, louisiana, cutting a large swath across the city. >> all you hear is a freight train. glass is cracking everywhere. it was just horrible. >> reporter: the home where sigma lawrence lived had just been repaired after hurricane ida. >> then this happened. it was the most devastating thing in my life. it happened so fast and it just tore up everything in the neighborhood. i never experienced anything like this before. >> reporter: hers just one of the communities battered by an outbreak of more than 50 tornadoes across the deep south in the last 50 hours leaving deep scars in louisiana. roofs ripped off, homes flattened, trees splintered, power polls ripped from the ground. >> several million dollars of damage. >> reporter: the outbreak blamed for at least three deaths. >> quite frankly i am amazed we didn't have more life in louisiana and we are very thankful for it. >> reporter: the damage spanning 7 states from texas to florida as it marches eastward bringing heavy rain and possible tornadoes. concern now growing up

. >> reporter: the damage here is extensive with this neighborhood in gretna, louisiana, the hardest hit in the area. emergency crews are going door to door canvassing the area looking for anyone unaccounted. as it stands now, even though there's extensive damage, everyone is accounted for and there is no loss of life. the path the tornado took coming down the street ripping through the neighbor's yards. they told me while they were expecting severe weather, they had no idea they were going to take a direct hit. it lasted 10 and 15 seconds and it was able to cause all of this damage. zblr it was tremendous. the degree and, you know, just -- >> that's what you saw? >> yeah. >> she's all right? >> yeah. >> i thought it was an explosion and then my mama told me to get down. >> reporter: what did you do? did you get down? did you listen to your mom? >> reporter: it wasn't lost on this little boy his home was damaged. he hoped santa could find him. crews will be out here assessing the damage and have more of an indication of what they're dealing with. back to you. >> thanks for that repor

this damage here is extensive, in this hard-hit neighborhood of gretna, louisiana, where emergency crewsve seen them going throughout this neighborhood, block after block, canvassing this area. making sure that everybody is accounted for. and as much damage as you see behind me, as it stands right now, we believe that everyone is accounted for in this neighborhood. there was no loss of life, you did mention three people did die as a result of these storms, and just look behind me. the path of this tornado took ripping down this tree, downed power lines are still very active, we don't get too close, it's still a very dangerous situation according to those first responders who we spoke to. that tornado came through here and ripped through the backyards of these neighbors. it was earlier i spoke to those neighbors, they said they were aware that there was a risk of severe weather. it was just not comprehensible to them that they were thought they were going to take a direct hit. one of those neighbors said that the storm lasted about 10 to 15 seconds, still, you can see the type of damage t

the damage in gretna, louisiana, is widespread as you mentioned. i spoke to the resident that lives inside this house, a couple down, denise kennedy. she says she was home with her disabled son. she still doesn't have any power, no running water. she's hoping authorities will come to restore that. these residents had very little time to prepare. while they knew there was a threat of severe weather, they didn't expect to take a direct hit. we've been talking about how rare this large outbreak of tornadoes, very ratere for this time of year. they shrugged their shoulders, thinking they wouldn't get the severe weather that meteorologists were talking about. you can see the damage here, the tornado came through and ripped through here. the national weather service has yet to tell us how strong the tornado was. they'll have crews surveying the damage. i want you to listen to some of the residents i spoke to. some say it lasted 10 to 15 seconds, but still was able to cause all of this damage. >> the noise that it made, it was unreal. >> i was looking out

the surveyors from city of gretna are going door-to-door, to try to put a monetary value on this. they don't have one just yet, at this time. but going through the neighborhood to see what is left of it. jim. >> absolutely. and nick, appreciate the reporting. and thank denise for her time with us as well. >>> for a closer look across the region. we're joined by a sheriff. good afternoon to us with us this morning. update where things stand this morning and if you're concerned anybody that is unaccounted for. >> not at this time. we did secondary searches with the fire department last night and everybody is accounted for. for everybody that lost their house, we have several properties that were completely destroy include our properties in evan asboro, we have several millions of dollars of damage to deal with. >> that but that is property damage, we could be replaced but luckily we didn't have loss of life here in the immediate area but we have had numerous homes that are completely destroyed so we're just dealing with that and making sure they are takingen c -- taken care of. with

he's in gretna, louisiana. >> reporter: good morning. it's an eerie scene here. you can hear a faint sound of a fire alarm going off. i want to show you what's left of the church here. this used to be a church, you can see the tornado came through, busting pipes, water pouring out of the building, portions of the roof ripped off. the damage here in this community was extensive. we went into the neighborhoods yesterday to speak to residents. despite the damage we're told by authorities here, locally, there was no loss of life. but many residents were just caught off guard by the outbreak of these tornados which is a rare event for this time of year. one of the residents i spoke to said the tornado lasted about 10 to 15 seconds. by the time she realized she had to go to the basement to take cover, she said the storm had basically passed. another resident i spoke to said her week and a half old brother was asleep in as bassinet and te tornado nearly sucked him away. we understand crews will be going throughout the area, surveying the damage and we expect the governo

. >> hey there, we're in gretna, louisiana, right now on the west side of the mississippi right across river from new orleans, and the cleanup, the recovery continues after a string of deadly tornados across the state of louisiana. i want to give you a look at some of the debris and what's going on right now. you can see the torn away siding here, and this is the type of situation playing out across this state. three people died during what were at least 20 tornados across the state. five on the ground here in the new orleans area alone. thousands still without power as recovery begins, and a lot of families here not only cleaning up the mess, but wondering how and where they're going to spend their holiday. that's the latest from here in louisiana. i'm jay gray, back to you now. >> jay, thank you. twitter is facing growing criticism for suspending journalists who cover elon musk and the company. reporters from "the new york times," "the washington post" and cnn were locked out of their counts. several independent journalists were also suspended. lauren, do we have any idea why they we

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