The remains of a vehicle lie in a parking lot in front of a damaged Ashley HomeStore after a tornado stuck Saturday in Jonesboro, Ark. The tornado, rated an EF3 by the National Weather Service, carved a path of destruction through the city center. One death in Jackson in north Louisiana demonstrated the power of the storm, which made landfall as a Category 4 storm early Thursday, and traveled farther inland. Abbott on Thursday described seeing roofs sheared off buildings and uprooted trees following aerial tour of the damage near the state border with Louisiana. A man, whose age is unknown, died of drowning while aboard a sinking ship. MIAMI — The U.S. National Hurricane Center has downgraded Laura to a tropical depression as the storm system crosses Arkansas. John Bel Edwards says the fire was burning Thursday morning just outside the city, and he’s advising storm survivors to shelter in place. Critics call it a symbol of racism that glorifies slavery. Storm damage in Jonesboro, Arkansas, on Saturday. Watch Dramatic video! — A Confederate general has fallen victim to Hurricane Laura. Residents in the area are being told to close their doors and windows, turn off their air conditioning and stay inside. It says the system will dump heavy rains in spots, raising the risk of flash floods. Tornado in Jonesboro, Arkansas (March 29, 2020) - US News on Dailymotion — Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards said state officials now know of four deaths tied to Hurricane Laura. RATING: EF1 ESTIMATED PEAK … Louisiana State Police Maj. Doug Cain said they received a report that the Isle of Capri’s riverboat casino broke from its mooring and was stuck against the Interstate 10 bridge in Lake Charles. August 6-10, 2020 (pockets of heavy rain/heating up) August 11-14, 2020 (flooding rain/isolated severe storms) August 16-20, 2020 (becoming mild and dry) August 26-28, 2020 (wind damage/tornadoes/flooding with Laura) August 29-31, 2020 (very hot/severe storms/flooding rain) 87/87 SLIDES ‘Like a bomb struck’ LAKE CHARLES, La. The casino says its Grand Palais riverboat houses 34 table games and more than 1,175 slot machines. But Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Peter Gaynor says the damage seems to be less than what they feared with Laura hitting the coast as a potentially catastrophic Category 4 hurricane early Thursday. The powerful storm struck land near Cameron on the southwest Louisiana coast at about 1 a.m. Thursday. The hurricane is expected to keep drenching Louisiana and then Arkansas as a tropical storm, causing widespread flash flooding and damage from winds. The fatalities included a 24-year-old male that died of carbon monoxide poisoning from a generator inside his residence, Mike Steele, communications director for the Louisiana Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness said. Including the tornado count from Saturday, this brings our 2020 total to 18. — People in Jonesboro are trying to salvage what they can after an EF-3 tornado brought 140 mile per hour winds to northeast Arkansas on Saturday night. Forecasters say there’s also the risk of isolated tornadoes in the eastern part of the state. — Tropical Storm Laura is thrashing parts of southern Arkansas with powerful winds and heavy rainfall as the storm system lunges its way through the state after battering the Louisiana Gulf Coast. 5:20 PM-Here is a look at the tornado that intensified and moved through Jonesboro, AR this evening around 5 PM. It was moving north near 16 mph (26 kph). 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Nine hours later, it was about 10 miles (16 kilometers) north of Natchitoches, Louisiana, and had not yet weakened into a tropical storm. Chlorine gas, which can appear in the air as a greenish yellow cloud, was used as a chemical weapon in World War 1. National Weather Service officials said the remnants of Hurricane Laura could spawn tornadoes and cause flash flooding in parts of Arkansas and Tennessee. Police say one person opened fire, striking a woman. (KAIT) - The Jonesboro Municipal Airport took on some of the most severe devastation during the March 28, 2020 tornado. Authorities say the storm is now 50 miles (80 kilometers) southeast of Shreveport. The storm system moved northeast into the Midwest where the outbreak would culminate on April 20. ), thoughts and well wishes go to people like fellow storm chaser Dr. Bill Hark in … Perhaps the most memorable weather event in Arkansas this past Spring was the EF-3 Jonesboro tornado on March 28. Louisiana Gov. Surveys of storm damage are still being conducted. The National Weather Service says Laura could dump as much as 7 inches of rain on Arkansas as it continues moving north away from Louisiana, where it made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane early Thursday. AUSTIN, Texas — Police in Austin, Texas, say a bystander was shot and killed after a fight broke out among 60 people who had fled the Gulf Coast from Hurricane Laura. The station published photographs online showed part of the tower punched through the roof of the building, and piles of debris scattered inside the broadcast studio. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. 5:20 PM-Here is a look at the tornado that intensified and moved through Jonesboro, AR this evening around 5 PM. Earlier Thursday, a 14-year-old girl died when a tree crashed onto her family’s mobile home near Leesville, the Vernon Parish Sherriff’s Office said. It will continually be updated as needed. @NWSMemphis continues to … @NWSMemphis continues to … The Jonesboro, Arkansas tornado on March 28, 2020: A subtle and difficult forecast setting. Other tornadoes struck Saturday, according to the weather service. JONESBORO, Ark. Communities along the Gulf Coast experienced high water levels in the wake of Laura, the strongest storm to hit the U.S. this year. . As Covid-19 keeps expanding throughout the U.S. (we all need to keep following social distancing guidelines! A train was also derailed, and 22 injuries occurred in Jonesboro. (CNN) Six people were injured when a tornado ripped through Jonesboro, Arkansas, on Saturday afternoon, Mayor Harold Perrin told CNN affiliate KARK. … Many schools in the southern half of Arkansas opted to cancel classes Thursday or dismiss early because of the storm. Storm damage meant crews had difficulty clearing downed utility equipment and trees and other wreckage to reach the site. (KAIT) - Twenty-two years ago on Jan. 21-22, Arkansas saw its largest tornado outbreak in history. 5:20 PM-Here is a look at the tornado that intensified and moved through Jonesboro, AR this evening around 5 PM. — A large chemical fire has sent a dangerous cloud over Lake Charles, Louisiana, hours after the eye of Hurricane Laura passed directly over the city. A bronze statue still stands despite the destruction surrounding it at the Mall at Turtle Creek Mall in Jonesboro, Arkansas. But a Calcasieu Parish official said they asked for public comments, and got 878 written responses against relocating the monument, and only 67 in favor of moving it. And the staff continued broadcasting storm news uninterrupted from sister stations elsewhere in Louisiana. Drone video in the Lake Charles area shows water surrounding homes with large parts of their roofs peeled off, hotels with rooms exposed and giant trees uprooted. The search and rescue efforts were completed by Sunday morning, and responders are moving into the cleanup and recovery phases, Craighead County Judge Marvin Day said. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Tornado in Jonesboro, Arkansas (March 29, 2020) - Daemon Blackfyre - Highlight Series on Dailymotion Police say they’re working with plant managers to try and contain the leak. Arkansas Official: Tornado Injures 4 People, Destroys Homes Authorities say a tornado in northeast Arkansas left four people injured. MAYOR: Citywide curfew at 7 p.m. after tornado hits Jonesboro, damaging multiple businesses, mall, homes in Arkansas tornado Region 8 Newsdesk 3/29/2020. In Orange, Texas and nearby Newton County, Texas, many streets were blocked by large trees that had been toppled by Laura’s powerful winds. The tornado injured at least six people as it rolled through Jonesboro, Arkansas on March 28. NE Arkansas Tornadoes ; ... 2020. A tornado cut through the heart of Jonesboro, Ark., on Saturday evening, leaving 22 people with minor injuries and damaging a mall, local business and an airport, according to the … The twister literally lifted a train off its … (KAIT) - Months after a tornado ripped through the … Edwards tweeted that people “in the Westlake/Moss Bluff/Sulphur area” should close their windows and doors and turn off their air conditioning units. Forecasters said Laura was centered about 30 miles (50 kilometers) north-northeast of Little Rock, Arkansas. MIAMI — The National Hurricane Center says Laura remains a hurricane, sustaining top winds of 75 mph (120 kph) more than 170 miles (274 kilometers) after landfall. Tornado flattens buildings, injures 6 people in Jonesboro, Arkansas By Ralph Ellis, Judson Jones and Gene Norman, CNN Updated 0215 GMT (1015 HKT) March 29, 2020 … The general manager at KPLC-TV said no one was hurt because all staff members had evacuated from the station hours before Laura’s landfall. 43 tornadoes touched down across Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska on this day. LAKE CHARLES, La. At the local airport, at least one airplane was overturned, and hangars were damaged. WESTLAKE, La. Geymann says his family’s OK but “there’s destruction all around” them. A lot of damage. Hutchinson said the state will have search and rescue teams on standby. Langley said he knew of no other major industrial threats from the storm so far. Greg Abbott is crediting the evacuations of thousands of people for preventing deaths in Texas. WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says he will visit the Gulf Coast this weekend to tour damage from one of the fiercest hurricanes to hit the United States. The Miami-based center said the storm system is expected to continue moving over Arkansas in the night and then on into the mid-Mississippi Valley on Friday before reaching the mid-Atlantic States on Saturday. JONESBORO, Ark. By Region 8 Newsdesk | July 22, 2020 at 11:45 AM CDT - Updated July 24 at 9:15 PM JONESBORO, Ark. Working on injuries @Region8News pic.twitter.com/BSPxwrFQtJ. AS THE TORNADO MOVED THROUGH RESIDENTIAL AREAS NORTHEAST OF THE AIRPORT, IT CAUSED EF2 TO ISOLATED EF3 DAMAGE TO HOMES. The weather service issued a rare "Particularly Dangerous Situation". Greg Abbott says his state appeared to have made it through Hurricane Laura with minimal or no loss of life, which he said was a “miracle.”. Brett Geymann lives in Moss Bluff, just north of Lake Charles, and said the eye of the storm passed directly over them. The eye passed directly over Lake Charles, where drone video shows roofs ripped off, exposing living rooms to the elements; trees downed and water overflowing the banks of coastal properties. Flooding rainfall and damaging winds spread inland over central and northern Louisiana, where the storm made landfall eleven hours earlier as a Category 4 storm. Some residents could be seen using chainsaws to clear fallen trees in front of their homes. Laura slammed the Gulf Coast early Thursday and roared through Louisiana. By Day said there is a curfew from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m., and Jonesboro Police Chief Rick Elliott urged residents to stay home while debris is cleared out of roadways and other common areas. The states most at risk were Iowa, Missouri and Illinois. Tornado sightings were reported in Iowa in Black Hawk, Buchanan, Marshall Adams and Adair counties. JONESBORO, Ark. The storm surge that was predicted to be as high as 10 feet (3 meters) before landfall wound up being closer to 3 feet (0.9 meters), he said. A tornado rated as EF3 by the National Weather Service office in Memphis tore across southern and eastern Jonesboro around 5 pm CDT. Of the 22 injured people, two stayed in the hospital overnight but did not have life-threatening injuries, officials said. He says his house survived but every other building, structure and tree on his property is gone. Tornado Victims Can Still Receive Cleanup Help - News Release - April 13, 2020; Curfew Lifted in Jonesboro - Tornado News Release - April 4, 2020; City Extends Curfew, Cracks Down on Unlicensed Contractors - Tornado News Release - March 31 2020 (PDF) City Update on Tornado - News Release - March 30, 2020 (PDF) Edwards said storm surge was measured in the range of 9 feet to 12 feet (2.7 to 3.7 meters) — bad but far less than the 20 feet (6 meters) that had been forecast. The 2nd tornado touched down … (KAIT) - The remnants of Laura took a toll … High CAPE values of 2,000 to 2,800 J/Kg-1 and dew-po… Laura blasted through the Louisiana coast and made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane early Thursday, wreaking damage on the industrial, casino city of Lake Charles. — Hurricane Laura is headed toward Arkansas, where an unusual tropical storm warning has been issued for much of the state. The deaths were all caused by trees falling on residences, Edwards said. One briefly touched down near Cash, AR an EF-0 winds ~65-70mph. Surveyors have found damage at hundreds of homes following Saturday's tornado in Jonesboro. Jonesboro E-911 Director Jeff Presley said a gas line also was ruptured, but no injuries were reported. — Louisiana State Police say they’re responding to a chlorine leak at a company that makes chemicals along Interstate 10 just west of Lake Charles, La., which was hard-hit when Hurricane Laura slammed into the Gulf Coast early Thursday. By Ralph Ellis, Judson Jones and Gene Norman, CNN, Updated 2110 GMT (0510 HKT) March 29, 2020. The weather service map said power lines were knocked down and roofs blown off in Jackson County, Arkansas. He says “It looks like 1,000 tornadoes” came through, with some houses “totally gone.”. "We've already asked you to stay at home for this virus but we're really stressing to stay at home," Elliott said. The South’s Defenders monument has stood since 1915 outside a courthouse in Lake Charles, Louisiana, where local authorities voted 10-4 this month to keep it in place. LAKE CHARLES, La. Six months later: Jonesboro Municipal Airport’s plans after tornado County judge reflects six months after tornado By Miranda Reynolds | September 28, 2020 at 7:35 PM CDT - … on Saturday afternoon, leaving at least six people injured. — Reports are coming in from people who rode out Hurricane Laura in Louisiana. There were 101 tornadoes reported in the United States in March, of which 79 were confirmed. A tornado ripped through the city of Jonesboro, Ark. As new information comes in, it will be added to this story. Laura smashed across the Louisiana coast as a Category 4 hurricane early Thursday. Arkansas State Police and other first responders survey the damage from a tornado after it touches down on Saturday, March 28, 2020, at the intersection of Clinton School Road and Johnson Avenue in Jonesboro. Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf told Trump that the situation on the ground “is fluid and challenging,” but the Federal Emergency Management Agency is responding. Tornado tears through Jonesboro, Arkansas causing severe damage Skip to main content A large EF3 tornado struck the city of Jonesboro, Arkansas, while being streamed live on local news stations, producing major damage to homes, businesses, and a shopping mall. The damaged remains of a vehicle lie in a parking lot outside a damaged Ashley HomeStore after the tornado Saturday in Jonesboro. JONESBORO, Ark. (WMC) - The National Weather Service has confirmed an EF-3 tornado ripped through Jonesboro, Arkansas with winds up to 140 … On that date, 56 tornadoes touched down. The March 28, 2020 tornado was a devastating blow to our city, but we continue to stay strong through it all. A tornado tore through nearly 20 miles of the city of Jonesboro, Ark., on Saturday evening, severely damaging multiple properties and injuring at least 22 people, according to local news reports. Craighead County was under a tornado warning with there was a report of a tornado on the ground Thursday night near the Refuge Baptist Church in the western end of Lake City, Arkansas, 15 miles east of Jonesboro. At least two people are hurt and ambulances are on the scene — Katie Woodall (@ ... More than 6 months after an EF-3 tornado touched down in Jonesboro… Officials in Arkansas say a tornado ripped through the northeast part of the state and hurt six people in the college town of Jonesboro on March 28, 2020. The National Weather Service in Little Rock issued 48 tornado warnings that day alone. March 30, 2020. Watch Dramatic video! A violent tornado has just gone through the city of Jonesboro, Arkansas on Saturday afternoon. WATCH: Six people were injured Saturday when a massive tornado ripped through Jonesboro, Arkansas. By Associated Press , Wire Service Content Nov. 16, 2020 A tornado tore through a small city in Arkansas on Saturday evening, ripping roofs off buildings, flipping cars and prompting a curfew for residents. Edwards said the current priority is search and rescue, followed by efforts to find hotel or motel rooms for those who have lost their homes. — The top part of a large transmission tower snapped and toppled into the studios of a Lake Charles television news station as Hurricane Laura tore across south Louisiana. Most of the tornadoes … JONESBORO — A reported tornado tore part of the roof from a rural church in northeastern Arkansas as the remnants of Hurricane Laura crossed the state. Trump said he would visit Texas and Louisiana on Saturday or Sunday to survey the destruction caused by Laura, which Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards said has killed at least four people. Of those three tornadoes, the one that struck Jonesboro has been determined to be an EF-3 with maximum winds of 140 MPH. The storm is forecast to weaken to a tropical depression overnight as it makes an eastward turn near southern Illinois. 5:20 PM-Here is a look at the tornado that intensified and moved through Jonesboro, AR this evening around 5 PM. By Region 8 Newsdesk | August 25, 2020 at 9:47 AM CDT - Updated August 30 at 5:35 PM JONESBORO, Ark. The National Weather Service says the damaging winds and torrential rains will be in the Little Rock area later Thursday afternoon and evening. On a Saturday in which an outbreak of severe weather was predicted for the Midwest, a violent tornado ripped through Jonesboro, Ark., causing extensive damage. Tornado hit the mall in Jonesboro pic.twitter.com/xaC5tMCXuN. Just arrived on Caraway. Maximum sustained winds were recorded at 35 mph (55 kph) late Thursday, according to the hurricane center’s 10 p.m. CDT update. More than 700,000 people in Louisiana and Texas were without power Thursday afternoon, according to the website PowerOutage.Us, which tracks utility reports. LAKE CHARLES, LA. Cheddars announced they were coming to Jonesboro in 2011. More than 6 months after an EF-3 tornado touched down in Jonesboro, things are starting to get back to normal. Above: This photo from the Mall at Turtle Creek in Jonesboro, Arkansas, from Sunday, March 29, 2020, shows severe damage inflicted by a tornado late Saturday, March 28. ORANGE, Texas — Some of the cities and communities in Texas hardest hit by Hurricane Laura were near the Louisiana border. Katie Calaway surveys the damage to her office after a tornado touched down Saturday, March 28, 2020, at Jonesboro Municipal Airport in Jonesboro, Ark. @NWSMemphis continues to … She was pronounced dead shortly after 1 a.m. MIAMI — Hurricane Laura has weakened to a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of nearly 70 mph (113 kph). Both trichloroisocyanuric acid and chlorine are potentially acutely toxic to people and animals if ingested or inhaled. Many homes had wind damage or damage from fallen trees. Texas Gov. The bulk of the damage was reported in Louisiana. Mar 30, 2020 | Headlines. Abbott said the hurricane’s storm surge hit the east Texas communities of Port Arthur, Beaumont and Orange “pretty hard” overnight and the eye of the hurricane has continued to move about 100 miles (161 kilometers) north along the Texas-Louisiana state line. Meanwhile, Presley says rescue crews were working to extricate a woman after she was trapped when storm winds dropped a tree limb on her mobile home in Jonesboro. Asa Hutchinson declared an emergency and set aside $250,000 for the state to prepare for the hurricane’s impact. KPLC-TV General Manager John Ware said Thursday that the media outlet would continue to deliver its regular newscasts while it rebuilds. And nearly 12 hours after landfall, Abbott says there were still no confirmed fatalities. The tornado — which touched down just after 5 p.m. local time — caused significant damage to the Mall at Turtle Creek in Jonesboro. JONESBORO, Ark. — Louisiana officials now know of 6 deaths tied to Hurricane Laura. Updated 2110 GMT (0510 HKT) March 29, 2020 (CNN) A tornado ripped through Jonesboro, Arkansas, injuring 22 people and leaving a trail of flattened homes and buildings. One picture showed a mangled vehicle in the mall parking lot. Hotel rooms are needed because conventional communal shelters pose a risk for spreading the coronavirus, he said. An EF3 tornado struck Jonesboro, Arkansas, Saturday evening. Forecasters have issued a string of tornado warnings for Mississippi and Arkansas, where Laura is now a tropical storm. The hurricane’s top wind speed of 150 mph (241 kph) put it among the most powerful on record in the U.S. ORANGE, Texas — Texas Gov. EF3 Tornado Hits Jonesboro, Local Churches Spring Into Action Recovery efforts now underway amid COVID-19 pandemic. BATON ROUGE, La. BioLab’s Lake Charles plant was built in 1979 and manufactures trichloroisocyanuric acid, chlorinating granules and other chemicals used in such household cleaners as Comet bleach scrub and pool chlorine powder. Based on the video shared online and pictures of … Major roof damage was reported in the Goobertown, a community 10 miles (16 kilometers) northeast of Jonesboro, Presley said. That includes city fees. The system maintained hurricane strength for about 11 hours before being downgraded to a tropical storm. The yearly average for Arkansas is 33. Edwards says they are only beginning to assess the damage. LAKE CHARLES, La. The first reported death, of a girl whose house was hit by a tree, was in Leesburg, more than 100 miles (161 kilometers) inland from the coast. Most stores were closed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Quentin Winstine/Jonesboro … Demonstrators in Russia braved extreme cold, police brutality and mass arrests, calling for the release of the opposition leader, who was detained last week shortly after returning to the country. Combined economic losses from March tornadoes reached approximately $2.4 billion. Arkansas Gov. Posted by Region 8 News on Thursday, August 27, 2020. KPLC is owned by Atlanta-based Gray Television. (KAIT) - Jonesboro Mayor Harold Perrin has issued a citywide curfew for 7 p.m. after a tornado tour through the Craighead County town, damaging multiple businesses and homes. The tornado injured at least six people as it rolled through Jonesboro, Arkansas on March 28. The storm has left more than 875,000 people without power. — A reported tornado tore part of the roof from a rural church in northeastern Arkansas as the remnants of Hurricane Laura crossed the state. Monitors from agency workers in the area so far have failed to pick up indications of a chlorine leak, Langley said. The storm moved across Jonesboro around 5 p.m. local time, according to a video posted by the National Weather Service in Little Rock. He said that has led him to hope that there will be less water damage to homes close to the coast, and that damaged homes can be made habitable more quickly. Twitter Map of the Jonesboro tornado in Arkansas on March 28, 2020. By Thursday afternoon, crews were clearing debris from streets and fixing power lines. JONESBORO, Ark. — Quentin Winstine (@QWphoto) March 28, 2020. The storm is hitting during the state’s first week back at public school since March. Police say the woman was homeless and had not been involved the fight. JONESBORO, Ark. On April 19 when a vigorous upper-level trough moved through the Central and Southern Plains and collided with an unstable atmosphere along with strong wind shear and high amounts of moisture, creating a favorable environment for a large tornado outbreak. Vehicles were thrown and mangled, and the local airport sustained severe damage as well. State police, firefighters and other emergency workers were responding, and an Environmental Protection Agency plane was monitoring overhead, Langley said. A large tornado touched down in Jonesboro, Arkansas, on March 28, 2020, at around 5 p.m. local time. 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