{"id":61182,"date":"2021-05-12T20:51:46","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T02:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=61182"},"modified":"2021-05-13T16:46:53","modified_gmt":"2021-05-13T22:46:53","slug":"tornado-hits-uptown-new-orleans-algiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/tornado-hits-uptown-new-orleans-algiers\/","title":{"rendered":"Tornado hits Uptown New Orleans, Algiers &#038; Belle Chasse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By ALAN SMASON<\/p>\n<p>New Orleans authorities breathed a sigh of relief after a freak EF0 tornado with winds of 85 m.p.h.&nbsp; moved from west to east across the city of New Orleans, but left only damaged homes and cars and downed trees and power lines in its wake.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_61183\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tornado.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61183\" class=\"wp-image-61183 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tornado-300x201.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tornado-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tornado-1024x687.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tornado-768x515.png 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tornado.png 1069w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/201;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61183\" class=\"wp-image-61183 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tornado-300x201.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tornado-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tornado-1024x687.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tornado-768x515.png 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tornado.png 1069w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-61183\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Ring video doorbell records the image of a funnel cloud in New Orleans during the early morning hours of May 12.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>No injuries or deaths were reported as a result of the storm, which the National Weather Service service said first hit the Carrollton area near Palmer Park&nbsp; around 2:00 a.m.&nbsp; It moved across the Broadmoor and Central City sections of the city towards the Mississippi River. Crossing the river,&nbsp; it then sped across the West Bank from Algiers to Belle Chasse where more damages to homes and trees were reported.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The storm was on the ground for five miles and approximately seven minutes before it lost its rotational spin.<\/p>\n<p>Among the most graphic of the many images recorded of the storm was a Ring video recording that captured the funnel cloud on the ground as it moved steadily toward the residence.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>More than 10,000 residents were without power after passage of the storm. That number was reduced by one half later in the morning and early afternoon. By 7:00 p.m. all but a few of the homes affected had power restored, according to Entergy and CLECO officials.<\/p>\n<p>The Sewerage and Water Board issued a boil water advisory for New Orleans East Bank residents after a power failure at the Uptown water treatment plant near where the storm initially touched down caused water pressure to drop below recommended levels. Contaminants could enter the water supply and residents are advised to boil their water before using it for cooking, bathing or even to brush their teeth. Power&nbsp; was restored to the treatment plant on Wednesday evening, but the order should remain in effect for at least another few hours until testing can determine is the threat has passed.<\/p>\n<p>Cleanup of downed trees and damaged homes will continue for several days, according to city officials.<\/p>\n<p>Area roofers reported hundreds of calls came in following the past three days of concentrated storm activity.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Tornado%20hits%20Uptown%20New%20Orleans%2C%20Algiers%20%26%20Belle%20Chasse\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":61183,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,24],"tags":[8790,8795,8788,2827],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61182"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61182"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61205,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61182\/revisions\/61205"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}