Multiple tornadoes touched down in Louisiana on Tuesday, causing massive amounts of damage and injuring dozens.
A man with a bicycle walks past debris from destroyed homes after a tornado tore through the eastern neighborhood in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017. Gov. John Bel Edwards has declared a state of emergency for Louisiana after a severe storm moved across the state’s southeast corner, including the parishes of Ascension, Livingston, Orleans, St. James, St. Tammany and Tangipahoa.
(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
AP Photo/Gerald Herbert
A destroyed church and homes are seen in this aerial photo after a tornado tore through the eastern neighborhood in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017.
(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
AP Photo/Gerald Herbert
Gregory Rugon climbs out of his home after failing to find his glasses that he lost taking cover after a tornado hit his Warren Drive home, in the New Orleans East section of New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017.
(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
AP Photo/Gerald Herbert
A boy holds his dog after a tornado tore through the New Orleans East neighborhood in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017.
(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
AP Photo/Gerald Herbert
Lisa Carruth hugs her granddaughter Juayonna Carruth after a tornado tore through the New Orleans East neighborhood in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017.
(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
AP Photo/Gerald Herbert
Eshon Trosclair holds her son Camron Chapital after a tornado tore through home while they were inside Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017 in the eastern part of New Orleans.
(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
AP Photo/Gerald Herbert
A man walks down the street past destroyed homes after a tornado tore through the eastern part of New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017.
(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
AP Photo/Gerald Herbert
Claire White sits in a chair and talks on the phone next to her husband Roy White and dog “JD” across the street from their destroyed home after a tornado tore through the eastern neighborhood in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017.
(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
AP Photo/Gerald Herbert
People walk amongst debris from destroyed homes after a tornado tore through the eastern neighborhood in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017.
(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
AP Photo/Gerald Herbert
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards declared a disaster in parts of his state devastated by tornadoes. Edwards says seven parishes were struck by twisters in an afternoon of tumultuous weather across southeastern Louisiana. Hardest hit was the 9th Ward that was heavily flooded by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.