The National Weather Service has confirmed at least seven tornadoes ravaged north Louisiana on Easter Sunday. N-W-S Meteorologist Brad Bryant says the most powerful twister started in West Monroe and traveled for about eight miles.
“Around 400 homes sustained damage. Some of the homes were destroyed. One of the homes that was destroyed was north of I-20 and that rated it as low EF-3 damage,” said Bryant.
Bryant says tornadoes also impacted Northwest Louisiana in De Soto Parish.
“There was an EF-2 there. A lot of these were kind of short-lived tornadoes, as generally, the case is. This was a squall line that was spinning up embedded tornadoes,” said Bryant.
Unlike neighboring Mississippi, Louisiana had no fatalities from the storm activity. Bryant says it is surprising that there was no loss of life in the state.
“You look at some of the damage that was going on and hear some of the stories of people whose houses were destroyed around them but they managed to get enough warning and take adequate shelter to remain safe though. That’s a win,” said Bryant.
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