Tornado strikes Pleasure Island RV Park, 2 injured
Published 7:37 pm Saturday, December 28, 2024
A view of the damage from Saturday’s tornado at the RV park. (LD Ray/Special to The News)
A tornado blew through Pleasure Island RV Park on South Levee Road Saturday injuring two and damaging RV’S. (LD Ray/Special to The News)
First responders at the scene of the tornado on Pleasure Island. (LD Ray/Special to The News)
An RV was blown into a body of water adjacent to the RV park. (LD Ray/Special to The News)
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Two people at an RV park on Pleasure Island were injured and RV’S damaged in Saturday’s tornado.
Port Arthur Deputy Chief and Emergency Management Coordinator Jermey Houston said the call of the tornado came in at 4:06 p.m. for the tornado that struck Pleasure Island RV Park, 540 S. Levee Road.
One of the people injured suffered a laceration and refused treatment and the other had a more serious injury and was transported to a hospital by private vehicle.
Officials believe there is more damage in the city and damage assessments are still ongoing and will continue, he said.
“It’s still early as far as approximate damage,” Houston said.
Port Arthur Acting Fire Chief and Emergency Management Coordinator Robert Havens said about eight RV’s were damaged by the tornado; one was completely destroyed and one went into the water.
Contractors from out of town are believed to be staying in some of the RV’s and most of them were at work at the time of the tornado, Havens said.
Cameron Kowalski with the National Weather Service Lake Charles said the tornado is believed to be associated with the path of a tornado that went through Chambers County earlier in the day. He added they are still gathering data and will send teams out.
Energy Texas
As of 5:30 p.m., more than 16,000 Entergy Texas customers were without power.
The hardest hit counties include Galveston, Jefferson, Tyler and Montgomery with high winds, lightning and downed vegetation as the contributing factors, according to Entergy.
