More than two dozen homes and businesses suffered significant damage or were destroyed when an EF-2 tornado ripped through an area south of Lake Charles early yesterday afternoon. The storm left two people with minor injuries.
Governor John Bel Edwards surveyed the area this morning.
“One woman was injured when glass was blown into her home and a second person suffered a deep laceration to the leg from flying debris,” said Edwards.
Sustained winds from the twister are believed to have peaked at 130 miles per hour, tearing down trees and power lines and cutting electricity to 75-hundred Entergy customers.
Edwards says he’s relieved no one was killed, but this area endured two major hurricanes last year, a winter storm in February and a flash flood in May.
“I mean seriously, enough is enough, and the people are resilient they’re very generous and hard-working, faithful people, but that’s enough to test anybody,” said Edwards.
The governor referred to the two major hurricanes, a winter storm, and spring floods that the area has had to endure since last year.
As for the power of the tornado, Edwards said the path “was about 2.2 miles long, about 300 yards wide with winds speeds that reached about a maximum of 130 miles per hour.”
The National Weather Service is still assessing the damage from the storm to better pinpoint just how powerful it was and how many homes were impacted by the twister.
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