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Girl survives tornado that dropped house onto street

Dallas Fire-Rescue Dept. / Jennifer S. Gates

ARABI, Louisiana (AP) — Authorities say the tornado that ripped through a suburb of New Orleans lifted one house into the air and dropped it onto the middle of a street with a family of three inside.

The parents of a girl climbed out of the wreckage screaming frantically for help.

Their daughter was on a breathing machine and stuck inside.

Firefighters quickly went in to rescue her, and came out carrying her in a blanket.

St. Bernard Parish President Guy McInnis says she's now in a hospital and "doing fine."

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