NEW IBERIA, La. – The New Iberia Police Department in Louisiana says rescue efforts are underway after a likely tornado moved through the area on Wednesday afternoon.
In a Facebook post, police said they received reports that a possible tornado touched down in the Southport Subdivision area of town and that several homes had been damaged.
There are also reports of people being trapped, according to police.
Rescue efforts are underway, and police are asking people to avoid the area.
It’s unknown if anyone was injured.
A tornado estimated to be an EF-2 with winds of 130 mph was reported in the Pecan Farms subdivision in the community of Keithville on Tuesday night.
That tornado left a woman and her 8-year-old son dead, with at least two other people injured.
MOTHER, 8-YEAR-OLD SON FOUND DEAD AFTER EF-2 TORNADO IN LOUISIANA
Several other tornadoes were reported in Oklahoma and Texas on Tuesday due to a coast-to-coast storm system that is expected to continue to produce tornadoes, large hail and damaging winds on the southern side while producing blizzard conditions in the Plains and snow to the Northeast on Thursday.