Tornados and thunder storms hit Louisiana, killing at least two people

TORNADOS and thunder storms hit Louisiana, killing at least two people in the state as a result of the massive winter storm system sweeping the United States.

In New Iberia, Louisiana, at least one person was injured and multiple people were trapped in a subdivision after at least one tornado touched down on Wednesday in the small city, which sits about 70 miles (112 km) southwest of Baton Rouge, police said. Multiple homes and a hospital were damaged, the New Iberia police confirmed on Facebook.

A mother and her young son were killed overnight when a tornado ripped through a rural town in northwest Louisiana, one of a swarm of twisters that touched down in the region as part of a massive winter storm system sweeping the United States.

The tornado was one of 18 twisters reported in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi late on Tuesday (December 13) and early on Wednesday damaging structures and downing power lines and trees, the National Weather Service said.