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“We’ll have a fuller understanding of the complete scope of damage after we’re able to do a full assessment,” Mulligan said.

Mark Missionary Baptist Church on Wiltz St., which was destroyed. Most of those were located in the 1400 block of Tita St., the 1100 block of Southlawn Blvd. Thomas Mulligan, Deputy CEO of the Office of Business and External Services, said damage assessments were ongoing in Orleans Parish, but at least two dozen structures in Orleans Parish were damaged by the tornado. “That is something that your public safety team absolutely demonstrated on the ground.” “We can never in any way predict exactly where a storm will hit - all we can do is be prepared,” Cantrell said during a press conference Thursday morning. New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell praised first responders and city officials for their close coordination to prepare for and respond to the storm. The tornadoes largely skirted Orleans Parish, but one did touch down briefly in Algiers. 'In fact, we're quite certain no individual assistance will be available.' 'As of right now, we don't believe that there will be a federal disaster declaration,' Edwards said. He didn't go into detail about the number of damaged structures in Gretna and Harvey, but said Wednesday's storms were a 'significant disaster.' The governor also noted that he doesn't think the state will be able to qualify for individual or public federal disaster aid. The next stop of the day for Edwards was in the West Bank of Jefferson Parish, where another tornado touched down the day before, damaging homes and businesses in its path toward St. The mother and grandmother died when a tornado touched down briefly in Killona, destroying several houses along Schoolhouse Road before jumping over the Mississippi River and touching down again in Montz. Jewell identified Allison Alexander of Killona as the 56-year-old woman killed in Wednesday’s tornado. Of those, 24 of the structures were compromised and another 21 were deemed uninhabitable. Parish President Matthew Jewell said the damage in his parish was concentrated around the town of Killona where 55 structures sustained serious damage. “You go down the street, and on one side of the street, it looks like absolutely nothing happened, but the house on the other side of the street is gone, and the person who lived there is dead,” Edwards added. “I can only imagine we’ve got a lot of people in Louisiana wondering today, ‘why me?’” “Tornadoes are so different from hurricanes because the really destructive path can sometimes only be a few hundred yards wide, and that’s what it was here,” Edwards said. Charles Parish to survey storm damage there. December 15, 2022Įdwards urged storm victims to document damage at damage.la.gov. Joining are Senators Smith & Price and Reps. This parish experienced 1 of the three fatalities. We are meeting w/ Parish President discussing the parish response effort.

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