Strong storms took a swipe at southern Louisiana Monday, leaving thousands of people without power, as well as street flooding. High winds are also blamed for wiping train cars off a set of elevated tracks.
The rain started early in the day, knocking out power to as many as 200,000 homes and businesses at the height of the storm.
Local storm reports showed winds gusting as high as 71 mph at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport as the storms passed through, just before 10:30 a.m. local time.
Around the same time is when six to eight freight containers fell off the Huey P. Long Bridge outside New Orleans. No one was hurt and the containers weren't carrying anything hazardous.
A tornado was reported by spotters in the Belle Chasse area, local storm reports said.
The National Weather Service said New Orleans saw 1.74 inches of rain, setting a new record for April 27.
Earlier in the morning, the westbound lanes of Interstate 10 were closed at Exit 127 due to a fallen tree brought down by the wind, according to the Department of Transportation.
http://www.weather.com/storms/severe/news/louisiana-severe-weather-flooding
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