Gulf Coast Tornadoes Damage Mississippi, Louisiana

The National Weather Service confirmed multiple tornadoes struck the Gulf Coast over the weekend, including EF-1 tornadoes in Gautier, Mississippi and near Robert in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana (estimated winds about 95 mph) and EF-0 twisters in Pascagoula and Livingston Parish (estimated winds 75–85 mph). The strongest damage occurred in Gautier, where an EF-1 damaged Aztecas Restaurant and caused collapsed walls and roof damage at the Glenmark and Riverbend apartment complexes; no serious injuries were reported. Pascagoula experienced damage to homes, power lines and streets and some resident displacements, while Louisiana surveys found snapped large trees along Dummyline Road, a destroyed tent and dozens of toppled trees at Camp Living Waters. Emergency crews, utilities and the Red Cross have assisted with damage assessments, sheltering and restoring outages, with local emergency operations centers coordinating response; outages number in the hundreds. Forecasters said the tornadoes were part of a broader severe-weather system affecting the Deep South, and additional tornado and waterspout reports and rainfall from the same system are expected to continue into parts of the East Coast later in the week.