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ByJanetMcconnaughey The Associated Press NEW ORLEANS Dwight Powell lost his Lexus to the massive tornado that in- jured 33 people and dam- aged 300 properties on a two-mile rampage through east New Orleans. He had just parked it inside his ga- rage to avoid hail damage before the twister struck. At least his Yukon pickup truck would be OK, he thought: It was in a friend's repair shop, 60 miles north. Then his phone rang. "The man called me this morning and said, 'Man, the tornado hit your truck,'" Powell said. That's a bad joke to tell a friend who just lost his house, he told him. But it wasn't. The truck was slammed by another tornado that hit Donald- sonville, one of at least four confirmed twisters tearing up Louisiana on Tuesday as a line of severe weather moved across the Deep South. "I've got to pick up the pieces and walk in faith. God is going to take care of me," Powell said Wednes- day. The other tornadoes in- jured nine people in the Baton Rouge area and two north of Lake Pontchar- train,butnobodywaskilled, authorities said. Parts of the Florida Panhandle and southern Alabama also saw severe weather Wednesday, but no injuries. New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu said in a news release Wednesday that two people remain hos- pitalized, and that 78 peo- ple spent Tuesday night in a shelter, which remains open. His statement also said that two-thirds of the 10,400 Entergy custom- ers who lost power have had their electricity re- stored — and the rest may have to wait up to 5 days before getting their lights back on. National Weather Service teams fanned out Wednes- day in Louisiana and Mis- sissippi, which had one con- firmed tornado, to analyze the destruction and esti- mate their power. They de- termined that the twister that struck eastern New Or- leans was an EF3 on the en- hanced Fujita scale, mean- ing its winds reached from 136 to 165 mph, capable of causing severe damage. Tornado damage has a distinctive pattern, mete- orologist Christopher Ban- nan said, unlike damage from a downburst, which radiates outward from a central point, and straight- line wind damage, which all points the same direction. The state was counting the buildings damaged or destroyed, Mike Steele of the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness said Wednesday. Powell had just finished restoring his house after buying it as blighted prop- erty. "I was about to put my house on the market for sale this Friday. This Thursday, I was going to get homeown- ers and flood insurance," he said. SEVERE WEATHER 'WooWooWoo BOOM!' Tornado survivors tell their tales Washington 41/23 New York 31/17 Miami 84/64 Atlanta 52/31 Detroit 24/15 Houston 70/50 Chicago 25/18 Minneapolis 18/15 Kansas City 35/29 El Paso 78/49 Denver 68/45 Billings 47/38 Los Angeles 76/60 San Francisco 63/53 Seattle 55/42 AIRQUALITYFORECAST Whatitmeans:0-50:Good; 51-100:Moderate; 101-150:Unhealthyforsensitivepeople; 151+:Unhealthyforall. Source: Airnow.gov City Today'sairquality City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W CALIFORNIA CITIES National and world forecast s-sunny,pc-partly cloudy,c-cloudy,sh-showers,t-thunderstorms,r-rain,sf-snow flurries,sn-snow,i-ice City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Summary National Extremes World Extremes North and South America Asia, Australia Africa CarsonCity Hawthorne Reno Herlong Lovelock Sacramento Yuba City Napa Ukiah Chico Corning Lakeview Alturas Susanville Redding Red Bluff Laytonville Fort Bragg Point Arena Eureka Redway Mount Shasta Yreka Crescent City Ashland Shown is today's weather. Temperatures are today's highs and tonight's lows. Shown are today's noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. ALMANAC Precipitation Temperatures ALLERGY REPORT Pollenlevels Source: National Allergy Bureau TODAY'S UV INDEX (The higher the number, the faster skin damage will occur.) Extreme Very high High Moderate Low SUN SETTINGS, MOON PHASES Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset Hoursofsunlight River Levels SacramentoRiver Flood 7a.m. 24-hr Stage yest. chg. Lake Levels Elevation Yesterday Storage (acre-feet) Percent Capacity Q: A: FRIDAY 60° 40° SATURDAY 61° 38° Pa rtly sunn y Pe riods of ra in SUNDAY 67° 40° Pa rtly sunn y MONDAY 65° 43° Times of clouds and sun TODAY 60° 47° Windy with periods of rain, some heavy. Mostly cloudy with a passing shower or two tonight. High ....................................................................... 62° Low ........................................................................ 52° Normal high ......................................................... 59° Normal low ........................................................... 40° Record high ............................................. 81° in 2016 Record low .............................................. 24° in 1989 Humidity noon today ........................................ 89% 24 hours through 2 p.m. yesterday ................. 0.10" Month to date ................................................... 1.69" Normal month to date ..................................... 1.20" Season to date ................................................ 18.45" Normal season to date .................................. 14.44" Red Bluff through 2 p.m. yesterday Chico .................................................................. Good Napa ................................................................... Good Red Bluff .............................................. Not available Redding ............................................... Not available Yuba City ........................................................... Good Allergy, dust and dander today: Beneficial Grass ....................... N.A. Mold .........................N.A. Trees ....................... N.A. Weeds ..................... N.A. 1 Highest at 10 a.m. Today 7:09 a.m. 5:38 p.m. 4:35 p.m. 6:06 a.m. Friday 7:08 a.m. 5:39 p.m. 5:41 p.m. 6:51 a.m. 10 hr., 29 min. Feb10 Full Feb18 Last New Feb26 First Mar5 aboveBendBridge......................27 .........18.90 ....... -4.20 atHamiltonCity.........................148 ......147.88 ......+6.97 atOrdFerry................................114 ......115.13 ......+5.76 atRedBluffDiversionDam.......253 ......249.10 ....... -3.10 atTehamaBridge ......................213 ......215.00 ......+0.70 atVinaWoodsonBridge............183 ......185.96 ......+5.62 BlackButte ....................450.77..............55,676 .....38.7% LakeOroville..................862.31.........2,976,907 .....79.6% LakeShasta .................1043.02.........3,872,927 .....85.1% LakeTrinity..................2307.11.........1,547,863 .....58.5% Whiskeytown...............1201.60............214,929 .....89.1% Weather Trivia ™ In February, where is the warmest place in the world? Australia. Today Friday Anaheim 76/55/pc 65/53/r Bakersfield 76/54/pc 62/47/r Chula Vista 73/56/pc 68/56/r Crescent City 58/46/r 52/39/r Death Valley 87/60/pc 75/55/sh Eureka 62/48/r 53/36/r Fremont 66/54/r 60/45/sh Fresno 68/56/r 61/46/r Glendale 75/56/pc 63/52/r Huntington Beach 68/56/pc 63/55/r Irvine 70/56/pc 63/56/r Lake Tahoe 53/35/r 41/21/sn Long Beach 73/58/pc 64/56/r Los Angeles 76/60/pc 65/56/r Mammoth Mountain 43/31/r 38/18/r Modesto 66/55/r 63/46/sh Monterey 66/54/r 60/45/sh Moreno Valley 79/51/pc 66/49/r Napa 62/50/r 60/41/sh Needles 85/64/pc 82/63/c Oakland 62/53/r 59/45/sh Oxnard 68/57/pc 63/53/r Redding 61/47/r 58/39/sh Riverside 80/50/pc 67/49/r Sacramento 62/52/r 62/43/sh San Bernardino 81/52/pc 66/51/r San Diego 72/59/pc 68/59/r San Francisco 63/53/r 59/46/sh San Jose 64/53/r 62/44/sh San Luis Obispo 68/56/c 63/48/sh Santa Ana 73/56/pc 65/56/r Santa Barbara 65/53/c 62/46/r Santa Clarita 74/53/pc 60/47/r Stockton 64/53/r 63/44/sh Ventura 66/55/pc 61/51/r Yosemite Valley 61/54/r 58/40/r Today Friday Albuquerque 68/42/s 73/45/pc Atlanta 52/31/pc 59/42/pc Baltimore 36/18/sn 38/29/pc Boston 30/10/sn 24/15/s Buffalo 22/16/sf 27/26/sn Chicago 25/18/s 42/34/c Cincinnati 27/17/pc 46/42/pc Dallas 62/45/pc 73/61/pc Denver 68/45/pc 73/45/pc Detroit 24/15/sf 33/31/sn El Paso 78/49/pc 83/53/pc Fargo 18/16/pc 44/26/c Honolulu 78/63/s 79/69/sh Houston 70/50/s 75/67/sh Indianapolis 23/17/s 44/39/pc Kansas City 35/29/pc 63/45/pc Las Vegas 77/58/pc 73/56/c Louisville 35/22/pc 54/47/pc Miami 84/64/t 78/64/s Minneapolis 18/15/s 44/31/pc New Orleans 64/49/pc 71/59/s New York City 31/17/sn 30/28/pc Oklahoma City 56/40/pc 73/52/pc A storm will unload wet snow at a rapid pace from the upper part of the mid-Atlantic to central and southeastern New England today. In some areas, the snow will fall at the rate of 2 inches per hour, which can cover roads quickly and hinder travel greatly. In the wake of the storm, lake-effect snow showers will riddle areas from Lake Michigan to the central Appalachians. Much cooler air will sweep into the south. Rain will leave the Caro- linas but linger in central and southern Florida. Sunshine is in store for much of the Central and Southwestern states. High ............................... 96° in Zapata, TX Low ............................. -29° in Hallock, MN High ............... 116° in Moomba, Australia Low ................ -58° in Ust'-Charky, Russia Bogota 74/43/r 69/44/sh Buenos Aires 83/66/pc 80/64/t Caracas 86/76/pc 85/75/pc Ensenada 79/57/pc 71/57/pc Mexico City 75/42/s 75/46/s Montreal 14/2/pc 10/7/s Rio de Janeiro 87/76/pc 89/76/pc Tijuana 74/55/pc 68/58/pc Toronto 23/16/pc 27/25/sn Vancouver 44/40/r 45/32/sh Orlando 79/48/pc 73/53/s Philadelphia 33/17/sn 31/28/pc Phoenix 84/59/pc 86/61/c Pittsburgh 26/13/sf 32/30/c Portland, ME 19/5/sn 19/7/pc Portland, OR 54/41/r 46/37/sh St. Louis 34/28/s 62/49/pc Salt Lake City 62/50/pc 54/36/r Seattle 55/42/r 47/38/sh Tucson 86/55/pc 91/58/pc Washington, DC 41/23/sn 41/36/pc Cairo 70/51/s 71/52/s Casablanca 73/50/pc 56/48/r Johannesburg 79/60/pc 78/59/pc Kinshasa 90/74/t 90/73/c Lagos 90/78/pc 90/78/pc Nairobi 84/56/pc 85/57/pc Tripoli 63/46/s 62/45/s Baghdad 67/43/sh 68/42/s Beijing 37/20/s 42/20/s Hong Kong 63/50/s 63/53/pc Jerusalem 56/42/pc 58/41/s Kabul 40/14/s 41/16/s Manila 85/71/pc 83/70/pc Melbourne 97/64/pc 80/62/pc New Delhi 72/49/pc 72/47/pc Seoul 29/15/pc 26/17/pc Singapore 88/73/c 87/76/c Sydney 84/72/s 95/75/s Tehran 51/37/c 49/34/pc Tokyo 41/38/r 48/35/pc Amsterdam 31/22/pc 31/27/c Athens 56/45/c 54/43/c Belgrade 41/29/pc 40/28/pc Berlin 26/23/pc 32/25/pc Budapest 37/28/c 41/25/pc Dublin 41/33/c 38/34/pc London 40/31/sh 37/31/c Madrid 50/33/pc 46/37/sh Moscow 24/21/c 26/23/c Paris 44/30/pc 38/28/s Rome 57/45/c 59/44/sh Stockholm 29/23/c 30/23/c Vienna 33/29/c 36/28/pc Zurich 35/28/pc 39/28/pc 57/39 61/43 61/41 61/38 65/43 62/52 62/50 62/50 60/47 62/49 61/48 47/31 55/34 55/38 61/47 60/47 55/42 59/50 59/49 62/48 58/45 48/36 58/37 58/46 53/34 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2017 741Main Street,Suite#2 Red Bluff, CA 96080 1-800-287-2187 (530) 527-2187 OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK www.redbluffcoldwellbanker.com See All Tehama County Listings at IfyouareConsidering Selling Your Home, Now is the Time! 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