The bodies of a mother and her young son were recovered on Wednesday hours after a tornado destroyed their home as it ripped through a rural town in northwest Louisiana - one of a swarm of twisters unleashed during the heavy winter storm system sweeping the United States.
First responders found the 8-year-old boy's remains in a wooded area about a half mile away from his home in Keithville, Louisiana, a town of 300 people, after the tornado struck late on Tuesday night, the Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office said in a written statement.
"I am heartbroken to learn of the mother and child who were killed in Southwest Caddo Parish due to one of numerous reported tornados," Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards said in a statement posted to Twitter. "My prayers go out to the family as well as those who were injured or lost their homes" In New Iberia, Louisiana, at least one person was injured and multiple others were pulled from debris after a tornado touched down in the city some 70 miles southwest of Baton Rouge, police said. Multiple homes and a hospital were damaged, the New Iberia police confirmed on Facebook."We have received reports of a tornado that hit Killona," the St. Charles Parish Sheriff's Office said on Twitter shortly before 1 p.m. central time .
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