Tornadoes spawned by the same storm system also hit parts of Texas and Oklahoma, killing a woman and injuring more than 20 other people.
Arabi resident Michelle Malasovich said she had been texting family when the lights in her home started flickering.
Guy McGinnis, president of St Bernard Parish, told WWL-TV that the parish had seen"widespread damage" overnight. Other tornadoes spawned by the same storm system hit parts of Texas and Oklahoma, killing an elderly woman about 60 miles north of Dallas, injuring more than 20 people, and causing widespread damage.
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