(CNN) A powerful tornado touched down Tuesday in the New Orleans East neighborhood, flipping cars, smashing homes and injuring several dozen people, some seriously. People walk down a street in New Orleans after a tornado touched down in the eastern part of the city on Tuesday, February 7. People walk down a street in New Orleans after a tornado touched down in the eastern part of the city on Tuesday, February 7. A National Weather Service preliminary survey found that the tornado that hit New Orleans was at least an EF-2, packing winds of 111 to 135 mph. Darrick Williams said his sister-in-law called him after a tornado ripped through her New Orleans East neighborhood.

Source: CNN February 07, 2017 21:33 UTC