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NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) – The National Weather Service confirms that an EF0 tornado touched down in the Seventh Ward this afternoon.

According to NWS, the tornado had 80 mph winds. It was a half-mile in length, from Marais Street to Annette Street.

The tornado caused the collapse of three buildings along North Claiborne in Treme.

The back of an abandoned two-story commercial building collapsed at North Claiborne and Ursulines. A second two-story building collapsed nearby at N. Claiborne and St. Philip Street. Firefighters called it a “complete pancake collapse.” The third building collapse is at 1326 Kerlerec St., across the street from the old McDonogh 35 High School. The wall of that collapsed structure fell and damaged an occupied home next door.

Two people were taken to the hospital and treated for non-life-threatening injuries.