Severe storms continued to roar across the Deep South on Thursday after floods and apparent tornadoes hit part of Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana a day earlier, killing at least 6 people and leaving thousands without power. In southern Oklahoma, a trailer worker’s body was found a quarter mile from the factory where he worked after…
Tornadoes, Storms Kill 7 Across 3 States As Dangerous Weather Moves Across South Today
A system producing severe storms continued to move across the South on Thursday after tornadoes killed at least five people and injured dozens more in Texas and Oklahoma on Wednesday. Storms in Louisiana killed at least two people. Tornado warnings have already been issued for parts of Mississippi and Alabama Thursday morning. More than 164,000…
Three tornadoes confirmed for our area; one EF-2 in Grant Parish
ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB) – Central Louisiana on Wednesday night and Thursday morning was hit hard by multiple tornadoes. In fact, there were three tornadoes, according to the Storm Prediction Center’s preliminary storm reports as of Friday morning on November 2. All three tornadoes were in Rapides Parish, however, one moved into Grant Parish. The tornado…
Tornadoes wreak havoc in Rapides Parish
Lemroy Culbert woke up to the sight of his building on TV. Only he couldn’t tell at first that it was his building, because a main wall was lying as a pile of bricks on the sidewalk. “My wife said, ‘I think I just saw your building,’” Culbert said. “When they came back to it,…
Four tornadoes confirmed across Rapides parish
ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB) – Enhanced Fujita Scale EF0…Weak……65 to 85 MPH EF1…Weak……86 to 110 MPH EF2…Strong….111 to 135 MPH EF3…Strong….136 to 165 MPH EF4…Violent…166 To 200 MPH EF5…Violent…>200 MPH The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has completed its survey of the damage in Rapides parish and they have confirmed that four tornadoes struck the…