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Tornado Outbreak Slams Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi (PHOTOS)

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Bertelina Martinez, who lives nearby and her son lives across the street, looks over destruction after a tornado struck the area in Arabi, Louisiana, Wednesday, March 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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Bertelina Martinez, who lives nearby and her son lives across the street, looks over destruction after a tornado struck the area in Arabi, Louisiana, Wednesday, March 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Cars were crushed, roofs ripped off buildings and at least five people were killed in a three-day tornado outbreak across the South.

Monday's worst severe weather occurred mostly in Texas and Oklahoma. At least 20 tornadoes were reported in those two states, several of which left widespread structural damage. In Grayson County, Texas, one woman was killed by a tornado in the Sherwood Shores community Monday.

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Tuesday night in the New Orleans metro area, a large tornado left severe damage in the Arabi community, as well as the Lower 9th Ward. At least one person died in that tornado, and search and rescue efforts stretched well into the night.

Three more deaths were confirmed in flooding triggered by the storm system in Alabama Tuesday.

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