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Bad weather in eastern Texas, Louisiana spawned 9 tornados
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A Louisiana State Police helicopter is framed in the tornado-damaged scoreboard at the Louisiana Tech softball field in Ruston, La., on Thursday, April 25, 2019. The early morning tornado killed two people as it tore through the northern Louisiana city of Ruston early Thursday, sending trees into houses and ripping roofs off buildings. (Nicolas Galindo/The News-Star via AP) lessA Louisiana State Police helicopter is framed in the tornado-damaged scoreboard at the Louisiana Tech softball field in Ruston, La., on Thursday, April 25, 2019. The early morning tornado killed two people as … more
Photo: Nicolas Galindo, AP
A Louisiana State Police helicopter is framed in the tornado-damaged scoreboard at the Louisiana Tech softball field in Ruston, La., on Thursday, April 25, 2019. The early morning tornado killed two people as it tore through the northern Louisiana city of Ruston early Thursday, sending trees into houses and ripping roofs off buildings. (Nicolas Galindo/The News-Star via AP) less
A Louisiana State Police helicopter is framed in the tornado-damaged scoreboard at the Louisiana Tech softball field in Ruston, La., on Thursday, April 25, 2019. The early morning tornado killed two people as … more
Photo: Nicolas Galindo, AP
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The National Weather Service says at least nine tornadoes were formed during a two-day period of severe weather in eastern Texas and Louisiana.
Meteorologist Davyon Hill says seven tornadoes were part of the same parent storm that started in San Augustine, Texas, on Wednesday evening and stretched into northern Louisiana Thursday morning.
Separately, two tornados also touched down in Louisiana — one north of Shreveport and another near Jena.
The city of Ruston in northern Louisiana appeared to get the brunt of the bad weather. An EF3 tornado touched down there, ripping off roofs of buildings and homes, and severely damaging the sports facilities of Louisiana Tech University.
Two people in Ruston died when a tree fell onto their home Thursday.