‘One traumatic thing after another’: New Orleans homes flattened by giant twisters

Residents of Arabi were still feeling the effects of Hurricane Ida, six months ago. And then the black, spinning tornadoes came

For Bonnie Norris, the tornadoes that tore through New Orleans on Tuesday evening seemed to come out of nowhere. She and her boyfriend were watching television when something outside caught their attention.

Norris described the tornado as a black, spinning vortex. She said the noise was deafening, like a freight train. I just remember saying, Here it comes, here it comes.'"