NEW ORLEANS - Tens of thousands of people were left without power in the New Orleans area after a tornado touched down late Wednesday afternoon. 

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The twister was reported in the West Bank area around 4 p.m. The extent of the damage in  wasn't immediately known, but more than 30,000 households across Jefferson, Orleans and St. Bernard parishes were without power. 

Tornado, on the westbank pic.twitter.com/wzDCA0M0J4

— Jeremiah (@jNewOrleans) December 14, 2022

@NOLAnews @FoxNews tornado running through Gretna pic.twitter.com/VJaUZAxSqi

— Emmahoiris (@Emmahoiris1) December 14, 2022

We’re seeing roofing materials and building insulation flying out of the sky and falling on lower canal street. there’s gotta be a tornado on the ground somewhere in uptown New Orleans. pic.twitter.com/OQXSsIeLOA

— Rob Marciano (@RobMarciano) December 14, 2022

The same storm system has produced several tornados as it's made its way through Louisiana, with three deaths reported as of Wednesday afternoon: two in Caddo Parish and a third in St. Charles Parish. 

The tornado in New Orleans appeared to take a similar path as a deadly twister that hit the same area earlier this year.