closet because it s destroyed. we opened the back door, dog in the wind. tornado about to take the dog. trailer sitting over there in the woods. all this stuff you see here, all this rubbish, everything that y all see over here what you just heard that was one family s account of some very scary moments after a deadly tornado barrelled across northern louisiana. officials say one child was killed and a mother is missing after the tornado struck kato parish. and at least 20 people were injured after it hit farmerville, that s where we are now. so much devastation just before the holidays, what are you witnessing, seeing there on the ground? reporter: don, it s heartbreaking considering that it s right before the holidays. and that this particular community in northern louisiana
took what appears to be a direct hit. we are still in the shroud of darkness we ll reveal more once the soun comes up, but hearing the sound bite from a survivor a moment ago, it s incredible to think that someone can survive what i m about to show you. i m going to try to tie this together for you. you re looking at the piece of a roof. we ve seen a lot of the tornado damage that moved through kato parish. we re in union parish as we speak. but the tornados when it makes contact with the ground, it literally takes that vor text, spinning up anything in its path, including roofs of houses we ve seen destruction from tornados before. but what is likely the top of the roof i just showed you came from the building that s directly behind me here. and this is part of the union villa apartment complex, this is actually the office for the apartment complex.