At least one person has died after a large tornado tore through New Orleans, destroying homes and taking out power.
Videos showed the dark funnel cloud ploughing through neighbourhoods on Tuesday night, blowing off rooftops and overturning cars.
It hit suburbs that were devastated by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
The tornado was spawned by a storm system which caused widespread damage and killed a woman in Texas and Oklahoma on Monday.
Officials in the eastern St Bernard district said rescuers were searching for people who may be trapped after one person was killed and several injured.
Its parish president Guy McInnis said several houses there had been “totally demolished”.
Photos from the St Bernard neighbourhood of Arabi show crumpled cars, collapsed buildings and debris scattered across streets.
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards said authorities were assessing the storm’s impact.
The tornado was produced by a storm front working its way across southern US states on Tuesday, bringing heavy rain and powerful winds to Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.
An elderly woman was killed about 60 miles (96km) north of Dallas when a tornado struck the area on Monday.
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