The storm hit several southern states, killing two people in Louisiana and a third in Mississippi. This includes many areas previously affected by twisters during some of the most active twisters on record.
The Louisiana Department of Health has confirmed that a woman and her unborn child were killed when a tree fell on a mobile home in West Baton Rouge Parish during Monday night’s storm. According to the sheriff’s office, a tree fell on the roof of a home around 7:30 p.m.
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At a news conference, agents said the victim was identified as Christine Browning, 31, who was nine months pregnant. State health officials say the fetus did not survive and is being counted as a storm-related death. Browning’s husband and 5-year-old daughter were also injured but were expected to survive.
Another fatal crash occurred near the town of Henderson, Louisiana, both St. Martin Parish Sheriff Beckett Breaux and Henderson Mayor Shervin Collette confirmed on social media. They said a tornado appeared to have struck the area, but did not provide details on how the person died. Henderson is approximately 100 miles (160 km) west of New Orleans.
Officials said at least three people were killed as the storm hit several southern states, including many areas previously hit during one of the most active periods for twisters on record. (Fox News)
In Mississippi, one person was killed in Wilkinson County as a result of the storms that hit the state on Sunday and Monday, the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency announced Tuesday. Details about the death were not immediately available.
Parts of Florida and south Georgia were again under the threat of severe weather Tuesday, with tornadoes still possible, the National Storm Prediction Center said. Parts of Tennessee, northern Georgia and northern Alabama are at risk for severe storms on Tuesday.
The National Weather Service said in a recent report that the series of storms occurred after the most severe stretch of severe weather in U.S. history from April 25 to May 10. According to the agency, at least 267 tornadoes were confirmed during the same period.
The devastation also prompted a lengthy search for victims in Oklahoma, with another death reported over the weekend, days after a tornado struck Osage County.
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Officials in Oklahoma say they found the body of a man in an area where they were searching for a man missing since an EF4 tornado struck on May 6. The Osage County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement that the man’s body was found in a creek Saturday afternoon. The man’s identity was not disclosed in the statement, and the state medical examiner’s office will determine his identity.
Authorities previously said one person was killed in the twister, and the National Weather Service in Tulsa reported winds of up to 175 mph (282 kph).
