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Louisiana digging out after tornadoes plow through homes

Mayson Bilet, stands by liquor and wine recovered from his uncle's destroyed home, after a tornado struck the area Tuesday night, in Arabi, La., Wednesday, March 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) Volunteer Matthew Maynard helps cut limbs from a tree that fell on a destroyed home after a tornado struck the area Tuesday night, in Arabi, La., Wednesday, March 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) Jason Dickenson, left, who survived with his 5 year old son by taking shelter in a bathtub, looks at his destroyed home with his nephew Mayson Bilet, after a tornado struck the area Tuesday night, in Arabi, La., Wednesday, March 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) Volunteers help salvage belongings from a destroyed home, Wednesday, March 23, 2022, in Arabi, La., after a tornado struck the area the night before. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert CORRECTS NAME OF HOMEOWNER TO JASON DICKENSON, NOT ERIC DICKERSON - Carrie Fontaine helps salvage belongings from her friend Jason Dickenson's home, Wednesday, March 23, 2022, in Arabi, La., after a tornado struck the area the night before. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert Volunteers walk through destroyed homes, Wednesday, March 23, 2022, in Arabi, La., after a tornado struck the area the night before. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert Bonnie Norris, who survived inside her home, sits outside of her destroyed home after a tornado struck the area in Arabi, La., Wednesday, March 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) Family member Holly Perque, right, hugs Alyssa Wineski next to Alyssa's tornado damaged home, Wednesday, March 23, 2022, in Arabi, La. (Max Becherer/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP) Bertelina Martinez, who lives nearby and her son lives across the street, looks over destruction after a tornado struck the area in Arabi, La., Wednesday, March 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) In this aerial photo, people walk amidst destruction from a tornado that struck Tuesday night in Arabi, La., Wednesday, March 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) In this aerial photo, people walk amidst destruction from a tornado that struck on Tuesday night in Arabi, La., Wednesday, March 23, 2022. Residents of severely damaged or destroyed homes in Arabi swept up broken glass and tried to salvage their belongings. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) People walk amidst destruction from a tornado that struck Tuesday night in Arabi, La., Wednesday, March 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) In this aerial photo, people walk amidst destruction from a tornado that struck Tuesday night in Arabi, La., Wednesday, March 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) Homes are damaged after a tornado swept through, Wednesday, March 23, 2022, in Arabi, La. A tornado flipped cars, ripped off rooftops and deposited a house in the middle of a street in the New Orleans area, part of a storm front that caused damage in places as it blew from Texas to South Carolina. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) Homes are damaged after a tornado swept through, Wednesday, March 23, 2022, in Arabi, La. A tornado flipped cars, ripped off rooftops and deposited a house in the middle of a street in the New Orleans area, part of a storm front that caused damage in places as it blew from Texas to South Carolina. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) Christine Wiecek, left, and her husband Robert Patchus, second left, talk to neighbors amongst debris of their damaged homes after a tornado struck the area in Arabi, La., Tuesday, March 22, 2022. A tornado tore through parts of New Orleans and its suburbs Tuesday night, ripping down power lines and scattering debris in a part of the city that had been heavily damaged by Hurricane Katrina 17 years ago. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)