New Orleans hospitals are working to treat the more than 31 people injured after five confirmed tornadoes caused extensive damage in east Louisiana and Mississippi Tuesday, according to an ABC News report.
As of 12:18 p.m. Tuesday, New Orleans East Hospital treated six people with injuries related to the tornado, according to The Times-Picayune. A spokesperson from New Orleans-based University Medical Center said it had received seven people with tornado-related injuries. Chalmette, La.-based St. Bernard Parish Hospital reportedly received four individuals.
Representatives from Touro Infirmary, Tulane Medical Center and Ochsner Health System — all in New Orleans — told The Times-Picayune no patients with tornado-related injuries were being treated at any of their facilities as of Tuesday afternoon.
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu said in a statement despite the 31 injured people, there were no tornado-related fatalities in the New Orleans area. According to the National Weather Service, roughly 60 houses and structures were damaged in the severe weather event, The Times-Picayune reported.
According ABC News, at least five tornadoes touched down, one at each of the following locations: New Orleans; Baton Rouge, La.; Donaldsonville, La.; Ponchatoula, La.; and Killian, La. Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) declared a state of emergency Tuesday.
The extent of the damage at all five locations is unconfirmed.