A video shows the force of a powerful tornado in Arabi, Louisiana; So far, they report the death of three people and at least 8 injured

A storm ripping through the United States spawned tornadoes blamed for the deaths of at least three people in Louisiana, and the severe weather line threatened neighboring southern states through Wednesday night.

To the north, the massive storm system created blizzard-like conditions in the Great Plains and is expected to push more snow and ice into Appalachia and New England. The winter blast dumped more than 2 feet of snow across parts of South Dakota.

Officials in St. Charles Parish, west of New Orleans, said eight people were taken to hospitals with injuries Wednesday afternoon.

It is worth mentioning that the following video was published on social networks, where a tornado appears in that area:

Additionally, they announced that a woman was found dead outdoors after a suspected tornado ripped through the community of Killona along the Mississippi River, damaging homes and hurling debris.

“She was outside the residence, so we don’t know exactly what happened,” St. Charles Parish Sheriff Greg Champagne said of the woman. “There was debris everywhere. She may have been hit. We don’t know for sure. But this was a horrible, very violent tornado.”

Some 280 miles away in northern Louisiana, it took authorities hours to find the bodies of a mother and her son who were missing after a tornado ripped through their mobile home Tuesday in Keithville, a rural community near of Shreveport.

“You go looking for a house and the house isn’t even there, so where do you look?” Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards told reporters, noting the challenge facing emergency services as he walked down a driveway. mile-long destruction at Keithville.

The Caddo Parish Coroner’s Office said the body of 8-year-old Nikolus Little was found around 11pm Tuesday in a wooded area. His mother, Yoshiko A. Smith, 30, was found dead under storm debris around 2:30 am Wednesday.

Smith’s body was discovered a street away from where her house had been. Her son was found dead up to half a mile away, the Caddo parish sheriff’s sergeant said. Casey Jones. He said the boy’s father had gone grocery shopping before the storm hit.

Wednesday’s forecast called for more severe storms and additional tornadoes were expected in an area of the Gulf Coast region populated by nearly 3 million people from New Orleans to Mobile, Alabama. More damaging weather was also possible on the Florida peninsula.

A steady stream of tornado warnings were issued Wednesday in parts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.

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