one reported confirmed death at this time. but i ll know more tomorrow, don, and when we will be providing updates. yeah. well, look, this is not good news, obviously, and this video just looks horrible. guy mcinnis is the president of st. bernard parish down in new orleans. listen, we re thinking about you guys. we re going to continue reporting on it. and stay safe. thank you so much. all right? you guys take care down there. thank you, don. and god bless. thank you. you as well. so back now to our story here in ukraine, russian opposition leader and putin critic alexei navalny sentenced to nine more years in maximum security in a penal colony. that s according to russian state media. the state department calling for his immediate release and calling today s decision a sham ruling. he was convicted he was convicted of fraud for allegedly stealing from his own
Michael Baiamonte took shelter with family members in a closet in their home as the strongest tornado to hit the New Orleans area in five years took direct aim at his neighborhood. "It was crazy," he told the Clarion Herald, New Orleans' archdiocesan newspaper. "It was over in four Hail Marys. That's how I know. It took me four Hail Marys from the time we got in that closet." The tornado ripped through several Arabi neighborhoods March 22, killing one man, destroying 40 homes and severely damaging more than 100 others in neighborhoods submerged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
St. Bernard Parish president Guy McInnis told CNN affiliate WDSU there was widespread, major damage in Arabi and emergency responders were conducting search and rescue efforts.
A large tornado ripped through New Orleans on Tuesday, killing at least one person, destroying homes and knocking down power lines, media reported, in another setback for area that has yet to fully recover from last year's Hurricane Ida.