A tornado hit the New Orleans area, killing an elderly woman, injuring dozens of other people, and damaging dozens of homes and businesses in a region still trying to recover from Hurricane Katrina.
Stella Chambers, 85, died in the Gentilly neighbourhood, one of the areas hit hardest18 months ago.
The tornado ripped up the Government-supplied emergency trailer in which she had been living since the hurricane.
It destroyed at least 50 emergency trailers and dozens of homes.
