Slidell tornado leaves path of devastation mayor called 'worse than Katrina' as multiple people injured

Hit by a raging storm, multiple people were reportedly transported to a local hospital with injuries after a tornado hit Slidell, Louisiana , on April 10, officials have said.

Devastating footage shows the storm’s catastrophic impact on Old Spanish Trail near City Drive on Wednesday, while detail of those injured in its path remain unclear. According to Slidell Police there was considerable damage, so they have urged people to avoid the area.

The town braced itself as a tornado watch, a flash flood warning, a wind advisory, and a coastal flood advisory were all issued for Slidell on Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service.

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Residents of Slidell, Louisiana, whose population is around 23,000 people, were urged to stay indoors as suspected tornadoes struck buildings, vehicles, power lines, and trees with police describing damage to one building as “catastrophic.”

Video shows torrential rain hammering the city as the storms swept through, with popular Spring Break spot New Orleans also under a flash flood warning. Many residents suffered power loss across the entire state, and as of 12:25 pm, at least 159,000 people in Louisiana were without power, according to an outage map.

The deadly storm has run riot across the South and is bringing extreme rainfall and dangerous tornadoes to the region with the severe weather stretching from Texas to Louisiana, and from Mississippi to Alabama - even hitting Florida. One death has been reported in the adverse conditions.

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Someone lost their life in Scott County, Mississippi, according to Mississippi Emergency Management officials and at least one person has been injured and around 72 homes across the state have been damaged, officials said. Three tornadoes have come with the bad weather thus far.

Slidell, which is about 30 miles outside of New Orleans, was ravaged by one of them, damaging buildings and downing power lines as rain continued to pound the town. Many of the injuries from the adverse conditions, came at a heavily damaged apartment complex that had the second-floor roof torn off.

In a press conference Wednesday evening, Slidell Police Chief Randy Fandal confirmed there were no deaths or major injuries as a result of the tornado thus far. However, Fandal said authorities have described the damage in Slidell and parts of St. Tammany Parish as "catastrophic."