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One person was killed and seven injured after at least one tornado touched down in St. Landry Parish.
A tornado hit the parish at about 2:15 a.m. Saturday as severe weather rolled across the state, according to a release from St. Landry Parish Director of Emergency Preparedness Van Reed.
“All of a sudden we were spinning like the house in the Wizard of Oz, Marquitha Qubedeaux of Palmetto said. Qubedeaux, Robert Reed and three children ages 14, 10 and 8 were in the home when the tornado hit.
Qubedeaux said an alarm panel in the home went off about 1 a.m., but they went back to bed. After 2 a.m. she was knocked off the bed and was on her hands and knees on the floor while the house was spinning.
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PALMETTO, La. – At least two deaths and multiple injuries have been reported in Louisiana following severe weather Friday night and Saturday morning.
One person was killed and seven injured after at least one tornado touched down in St. Landry Parish. Separately, in Shreveport, a 48-year-old man was killed when a tree fell on his mobile home amid strong winds, said Caddo Sheriff Steve Prator.
The same storm system caused significant damage 400 miles to the east in Bay County, Florida, where an image showed the remains of a Panama City Beach convenience store with its roof and walls largely gone and aisles of merchandise intact.
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