ABOUT THE TORNADO TO CLAIM THE
LIFE OF A 25-YEAR-OLD MAN.
IT MAY HAVE BEEN THE STRONGEST
THAT NEW ORLEANS HAS EVER SEEN.
THIS MORNING HEARTACHE AMID THE
HAVOC.
COMMUNITIES FROM THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS TO THE SOUTHEAST PICKING
UP THE PIECES IN THE WAKE OF
DEADLY STORMS THAT SPAWNED AT
LEAST 64 TORNADOS JUST SINCE
MONDAY.
>> I'VE BEEN THROUGH KATRINA,
BUT THIS WAS WAY, WAY WORSE
BECAUSE EVERYTHING WAS LEVELED.
THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS
LEVELED.
>> Reporter: IN LOUISIANA,
ENTIRE STREETS NOW IN SPLINTERS.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FINDING EVIDENCE OF AT LEAST AN
EF-3 TORNADO THAT KILLED A
25-YEAR-OLD MAN.
>> WE HAD THAT ONE FATALITY, AND
THAT HOME, FROM WHAT THEY TELL
ME, WAS LIFTED AND CAME DOWN ON
ANOTHER HOUSE.
>> Reporter: KAREN BAKER
SHELTERED INSIDE A CLOSET WITH
HER TWO DAUGHTERS AS THE TORNADO
SHEERED OFF THEIR ROOF AND
DECIMATED A KITCHEN WALL.
>> LOOK AT IT, IT'S UNLIVABLE.
>> THE GOVERNOR SURVEYING THE
DESTRUCTION IN HARD HIT AREAS
EXPRESSING SHOCK THE HUMAN TOLL
WASN'T HIGHER.
>> THE SWATH OF DAMAGE IS JUST
TREMENDOUS, AND YOU WOULD THINK
THAT WE WOULD HAVE HAD A LOT
MORE DEATHS AND INJURIES.
>> Reporter: SEVERAL PARISHS NOW
UNDER A STATE OF EMERGENCY WHILE
CREWS WORK TO REPAIR DOWNED
POWER LINES AND CLEAR ROADS.
ACROSS STATE LINES IN ALABAMA, A
TORNADO RIPPING AN ANCHORED
CARPORT FROM THE GROUND.
IN TEXAS, A GRIEVING FAMILY
PULLING MOMENTOS FROM THE RUBBLE
OF A HOME DESTROYED BY A TORNADO
MONDAY NIGHT KILLING 73-YEAR-OLD
VERANDA ROGERS.
GLASS PIE DISHES NOW BITTERSWEET
REMINDERS OF WHAT'S BEEN LOST.
>> MY FAMILY, THEY TOOK A LOT,
SO I PICKED THOSE UP.
>> BACK IN LOUISIANA, A
COMMUNITY ALL TOO FAMILIAR WITH
DESTRUCTION AND LOSS FROM
NATURAL DISASTERS
NATURAL DISASTERS PREPARING TO
BEGIN AGAIN.
>> IT'S DEVASTATING.
IT'S REBUILDING CONSTANTLY, BUT
IT ALWAYS REBUILDS AND IT ALWAYS
REBUILDS BETTER.
>> Reporter: OFFICIALLY THE
TORNADO HIT AN 11 MILE STRETCH
BUT BECAUSE OF ALL THE MARSHLAND
SURROUNDING THIS AREA, IT WAS
MORE LIKE TWO MILES OF HOMES.
THIS TORNADO PLUS AN EF-3 FROM
2017 ARE THE STRONGEST TORNADOS
TO STRIKE NEW ORLEANS SINCE
RECORDS HAVE BEEN KEPT.
CRAIG, BACK TO YOU.
>> SAM, LOOKING AT WHERE YOU ARE
TO THE GOVERNOR'S POINT IN
LOUISIANA, IT'S HARD TO FATHOM
HOW IT WASN'T EVEN WORSE.
SAM BROCK FOR US THERE IN
LOUISIANA, THANK YOU.
>>> THAT BRINGS US TO MR. ROKER,
WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON
TODAY.
>> GUYS, I THINK TO YOUR POINT,
I THINK THE REASON FOR THAT WAS
THE STORM'S PREDICTION CENTER,
WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT THIS
BACK ON THURSDAY, SO THERE'S
BEEN PLENTY OF WARNING TIME, AND
SO PEOPLE WERE, I THINK,
PREPARED.
OF COURSE YOU'RE NEVER PREPARED
WHEN THE TORNADO HITS, BUT YOU
KNEW IT WAS COMING SO THAT'S
GOOD NEWS.
WE'RE TALKING MONDAY, TUESDAY,
40 TORNADO REPORTS, SO THIS
THING WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE
THANKFULLY SUCH A LOW LOSS OF
LIFE, THAT IS SOMETHING TO BE
GRATEFUL FOR.
STORM HAZARDS TODAY, A LITTLE
QUIETER TODAY THAN IT'S BEEN THE
LAST 72 HOURS FROM SALISBURY
DOWN INTO CENTRAL FLORIDA.
WE'VE GOT A RISK OF SOME SEVERE
WEATHER.
INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, WE'VE GOT
SOME WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES
THROUGH NEW ENGLAND AND UPSTATE
NEW YORK INTERIOR SECTIONS.
YOU CAN SEE WE'VE GOT A MIXED
BACK OF PRECIPITATION MOVING
THROUGH THE NORTHEAST, ON UP
INTO NEW ENGLAND.
WE'VE ALSO GOT A LINE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THIS
FRONT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO
FLORIDA.
STRONG STORMS RUMBLING ALONG THE
COAST TODAY.
TOMORROW THAT SYSTEM MOVES OFF,
BUT WE'VE GOT ANOTHER SYSTEM
MOVING UP INTO CANADA THAT'S
GOING TO BE BRINGING SNOW
SHOWERS AROUND THE GREAT LAKES.
U.P. OF MICHIGAN COULD SEE
UPWARDS OF 6 INCHES OF SNOW AND
DOWN EAST MAINE, 6 TO 8 INCHES,
EVEN THE SPINE OF THE
APPALACHIANS LOOKING AT SOME
HEAVIER SNOW.
THE RAIN, SOME HEAVY STUFF ALONG
THE NORTHEAST COAST AS WE
STRETCH ON DOWN INTO THE