New aerial photographs and video show the total destruction surrounding Nashville, Tennessee after severe weather brought a deadly tornado to the region early Tuesday morning; destroying dozens of buildings and killing at least 22 people.
We ducked around this cell and landed at john tune airport around 11:30 last night. Glad we landed when we did. Wouldn’t have been good an hour later. It was the cell that turned into the tornado. Lot of people lost their homes. No one comes together as a city like Nashville does pic.twitter.com/qvCjrYNu0x
— Dierks Bentley (@DierksBentley) March 3, 2020
Drone video showed storm damage in Mount Juliet, Tennessee, which is located east of Nashville.
A deadly tornado struck the Nashville area in the early hours of Tuesday. https://t.co/SPsh3yBf8p pic.twitter.com/P1QHkNRm64
— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 3, 2020
STORM DAMAGE: Cars piled up, hangars and airplanes destroyed at the John C. Tune airport. Officials estimate the damage to be in the millions. https://t.co/n5uMrp8dYX #NashvilleTornado pic.twitter.com/09DBLIESok
— WKRN (@WKRN) March 3, 2020
“Tornadoes ripped across Tennessee early Tuesday, shredding at least 40 buildings and killing at least 19 people. One of the twisters caused severe damage across downtown Nashville, destroying the stained glass in a historic church and leaving hundreds of people homeless,” reports the Associated Press.
“Daybreak revealed a landscape littered with blown-down walls and roofs, snapped power lines and huge broken trees, leaving city streets in gridlock. Schools, courts, transit lines, an airport and the state Capitol were closed, and some damaged polling stations had to be moved only hours before Super Tuesday voting began,” adds the AP.
“Last night was a reminder about how fragile life is,” said Nashville Mayor John Cooper.
Read the full report here.
Source: Fox News
TRAGEDY IN NASHVILLE: Overnight Tornado, Severe Weather Kills At Least 9 in Tennessee
A series of powerful, quick-moving storms damaged more than 40 buildings in Nashville, Tennessee Monday night; leaving at least 9 people dead and countless more injured.
“A powerful storm system produced at least two tornadoes that struck central Tennessee early on Tuesday morning, including one that caused significant damage near downtown Nashville and killed several people. The tornado near downtown Nashville lit up the night sky with flashes of light as transformers blew and the storm reportedly stayed on the ground into Hermitage, about 10 miles east of the city,” reports Fox News.
“They need your prayers in Nashville, Tennessee,” Fox News Senior Meteorologist Janice Dean said on “Fox & Friends.” “This was an overnight, rain-wrapped tornado while people were sleeping and now they are waking up to extreme destruction, devastation and deaths in the Nashville area.”
“We have had loss of life all across the state,” said Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, adding “It’s a very difficult situation.”
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
Source: Fox News
UPDATE: At Least 19 People Dead in Tennessee After Overnight Tornado Destroys 40 Buildings
Severe weather and a massive tornado tore-through Nashville, Tennessee early Tuesday morning; destroying at least 40 buildings and killing at least 19 people in the region.
“Tornadoes ripped across Tennessee early Tuesday, shredding at least 40 buildings and killing at least 19 people. One of the twisters caused severe damage across downtown Nashville, destroying the stained glass in a historic church and leaving hundreds of people homeless,” reports the Associated Press.
“Daybreak revealed a landscape littered with blown-down walls and roofs, snapped power lines and huge broken trees, leaving city streets in gridlock. Schools, courts, transit lines, an airport and the state Capitol were closed, and some damaged polling stations had to be moved only hours before Super Tuesday voting began,” adds the AP.
“Last night was a reminder about how fragile life is,” said Nashville Mayor John Cooper.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
Source: Associated Press
Thank you for visiting