At least one person has been killed after a huge tornado ripped through New Orleans with homes destroyed, power lines blown down and streets full of debris in scenes of devastation.
A dark funnel cloud touched down in the city and ploughed through neighbourhoods a day after twisters destroyed homes and injured people elsewhere in the deep south of the United States.
St. Bernard Parish President Guy McInnis told local media at least one person was killed but offered no further details.
