National Weather Service

Widespread showers are expected through Thursday morning in Baton Rouge and parts of metro New Orleans.

A tornado was reportedly spotted in Lacombe on Wednesday evening, just a week after another tornado touched down in that part of Lacombe during a severe weather event.

Only a week after tornadoes and thunderstorms hit southeast Louisiana, another severe weather event is trekking toward Baton Rouge and New Orleans, resulting in closures Wednesday. Shelters were also made available in select parishes.

One of the two tornadoes that swirled across the New Orleans region had peak winds of 160 mph and traveled more than 11 miles into three parishes, a report from National Weather Service meteorologists confirmed Thursday.

Mayor LaToya Cantrell said tornado damage was mostly minimal in Orleans Parish, except for a few structures in New Orleans East

A couple of tornadoes touched down in the New Orleans area Tuesday evening, resulting in significant damage to an area still reeling from Hurricane Ida, multiple injuries and even a death.

One person has died and multiple residents are injured after a tornado touched down in New Orleans during Tuesday’s severe weather event.

Multiple tornadoes were spotted in the New Orleans area on Tuesday evening, according to multiple forecasters and news outlets.

South Louisiana is preparing for severe weather into the evening today, and New Orleans is no exception.

In response to the severe weather threat Tuesday, Louisiana officials are opening shelters across the southeast for residents who live in homes that cannot withstand possible tornadoes, hail or other possible weather threats.