FOG BLOG U.S. WEATHER LOG: SEVERE STORMS HIT SOUTH, NEW ORLEANS' FRENCH QUARTER DAMAGE!

Deadly tornado hits New Orleans just hours after same storms ripped through Texas........The worst-hit areas appeared to be the neighborhood of the Lower Ninth Ward, Arabi, and Chalmette, east of the iconic French Quarter.........NEW ORLEANS — At least one person has died after a tornado touched down in the New Orleans area Tuesday as part of a line of severe weather that started in Texas and Oklahoma and moved east into the Deep South.

The National Weather Service shared a video of the tornado in the eastern part of the New Orleans area that was visible in the darkened sky.

The tornado appeared to start in a New Orleans suburb and then move east across the Mississippi River into the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans and parts of the St. Bernard Parish communities of Arabi and Chalmette before moving northeast.

Officials reported the large tornado flipped buses and cars, destroyed homes and killed at least one person in an area that got hammered by Hurricane Katrina 17 years ago. Authorities say the person who died was in Arabi.

While the metropolitan region is often struck by severe weather and heavy rains, it’s rare that a tornado moves through the city...The large vortex in southeast Louisiana was caught on camera by television stations, law enforcement, and the public as it tore a path through parts of the region that hadn't experienced this kind of disaster since Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Warnings were issued in the region Tuesday night just after sundown for the New Orleans area as the tornado formed and moved to the northeast toward Mississippi, where storms continued to pose major problems.

Additional injuries or fatalities haven't been reported, but search and rescue operations were underway soon after the storm passed.

New Orleans TV stations aired videos Tuesday night of the tornado moving from the Algiers section of New Orleans across the Mississippi River through the Lower Ninth Ward and Arabi sections of eastern New Orleans.