December 2013 Tornado Outbreak Sequence

A deadly tornado formed just 1.5 miles northwest of Dutch Town, Louisiana, heading southeast at 60 miles per hour. The twister intensified rapidly, slamming into the Dutchtown High School, and hitting multiple subdivisions. Within the first 2.5 miles of its track, at least four people are killed, 29 injured, as the tornado was a very high-end EF3 at that point. It then hit the Twin Lakes Mobile Estates, where at least 160 out of 200 mobile homes were entirely torn apart, with nothing left of them. At least 17 people died in the mobile homes, at least 155 others were injured. The tornado continued on, turning a little bit, this time towards Gonzales. The tornado was at high-end EF4 intensity, and killed 12 people within just 10 minutes of being in Gonzales, as 446 people were injured in Gonzales. It weakened rapidly after hitting Gonzales, only to be going straight for St. Amant, an unincorporated community, and left at least 16 homes destroyed, eleven damaged. Two people died in St. Amant, seven others injured, and the last 3 direct fatalities took place in an automobile on Route 22, as 2 others were injured in the automobile. The tornado continued over open country, struck nothing other than trees for a while, and finally died off in Lake Pontchartrain about 35 minutes after forming.

Aftermath
It tracked 34.7 miles, was up to 1/2 a mile wide, caused at least $2.5 billion in damages, killed 38 people directly, as 25 more fatalities were from life-threatening injuries, bringing the death toll of this gigantic EF4 all the way to 63 fatalities, and at least 611 injuries. It was the deadliest tornado in all of February history, and by far the deadliest Louisiana tornado yet. At least 13,000 buildings were destroyed, 4,500 damaged, as more than 12,000 trees were leveled.

Deeper into the Aftermath
Because of how devastating the tornado was, it was claimed to be a Statewide Emergency. This was also the only tornado in February of 2014, and is also the most damaging of the entire year. This is extremely rare to see happening. However, this is because it ravaged through mostly populated areas, and killed 2/3 of its civilians either from mobile homes or life-threatening injuries. The death toll was originally 38, and many of the people with life-threatening injuries died just 1 to 6 hours after the tornado hit. Dramatic changes will be made to the areas that are in the entire state just because of this giant tornado.

Facts
This was by far the most damaging February tornado in all of US history, along with the deadliest in US history as well. Many records were broken or shattered by this giant windstorm. The death toll was actually almost 66, but it turns out 2 people were killed by hail and one person got struck by lightning. At least 11 other states went to help clean the damages. It took at least 6 months to entirely recover from this devastating force of nature.