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[h=4]At least two dead as killer storms lash South[/h]A ferocious night of severe weather is forecast in the South from Louisiana to Florida.
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WWL's northshore cameras caught an unusual site of three waterspouts next to each other, traversing Lake Pontchartrain near the northshore Tuesday as a line of strong storms passed through the area. WWL
Dark clouds roll across the sky on Feb. 23, 2016, in Kenner, La.(Photo: Nesaih Terrebonne)
Two people were<span style="color: Red;">*</span>killed Tuesday night in as strong<span style="color: Red;">*</span>storms blasted through the southern U.S.
One death was reported in Lamar County, Miss., according to the Clarion-Ledger in Jackson.
Lamar County Coroner Cody Creel confirmed one fatality in Lamar County as a result of the storms that passed through.
A second death was reported in southern Louisiana, the Associated Press is reporting.
That death took place<span style="color: Red;">*</span>in Convent, in St. James Parish, Sheriff Willy Martin told the news organization.
Word of the deaths came amid at least 15 reports of tornadoes in Louisiana, Mississippi<span style="color: Red;">*</span>and Alabama that were recorded by the Storm Prediction Center as of 8 p.m. Tuesday.
Both Alabama and Mississippi were under states of emergency Tuesday<span style="color: Red;">*</span>due to severe weather, AccuWeather reported.
The first reports of severe weather Tuesday<span style="color: Red;">*</span>were in Louisiana, where residents reported<span style="color: Red;">*</span>funnel clouds and officials issued tornado warnings near the New Orleans<span style="color: Red;">*</span>airport and in nearby St. Charles Parish around noon local time, according to WWL-TV.
Posts on social media described "debris flying through the air" and damage<span style="color: Red;">*</span>near Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Waterspouts were seen over Lake Pontchartrain.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Damage was reported after a<span style="color: Red;">*</span>possible tornado roared through Prairieville, La., southeast of Baton Rouge.
Schools in the metro New Orleans area scrambled to notify parents of early dismissals, with most closing<span style="color: Red;">*</span>between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Many schools and colleges closed in the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Hattiesburg, Miss., area, and high school sporting events<span style="color: Red;">*</span>were postponed due to the predicted severe weather.
The National Weather Service estimates that more than 7 million people in the South are at enhanced risk for severe weather<span style="color: Red;">*</span>through Tuesday evening.
The weather service issued a tornado watch, meaning conditions are favorable for twisters to develop, for most of eastern Louisiana, southern Mississippi and southern Alabama.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Thunderstorms were forecast from Texas to Florida, with the worst storms likely near the Gulf Coast from Mississippi to Alabama.
The Storm Prediction Center placed much of southeastern Louisiana, southern Mississippi and southern Alabama in a "moderate risk" area, the second-highest level on the center's five-tiered risk scale.
Contributing: WWL-TV, New Orleans; The Hattiesburg American
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